Cooperation with the corporation? CNN and the hegemonic cooptation of citizen journalism through ireport.com

New Media and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 314-329

  Kperogi, Farooq A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

citizen journalism; CNN; hegemonic cooptation; hegemony; iReport.com; journalistic authority; online journalism; traditional journalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952964144     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444810373530     Document Type: Article

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