Blogging from the niches: The sourcing practices of science bloggers

Journalism Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 412-427

  Walejko, Gina ^a   Ksiazek, Thomas ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogs; Hyperlinks; Science journalism; Sourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960233884     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700903407429     Document Type: Article

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