A definition of journalistic objectivity as a performance

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 385-398

  Boudana, Sandrine ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

journalistic objectivity; journalistic practices; journalistic values; performance; professionalism; truth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955079499     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443710394899     Document Type: Article

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