Convergence across divergence: Understanding the gap in the online news choices of journalists and consumers in Western Europe and Latin America

Communication Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 376-396

  Boczkowski, Pablo J ^a   Mitchelstein, Eugenia ^a   Walter, Martin ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

audiences; comparative media studies; globalization; journalism; online news

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955708280     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650210384989     Document Type: Article

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