The journalism "crisis": Is Australia immune or just ahead of its time?

Journalism Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 610-624

  Young, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Journalism; Media business models; Newspapers; United Kingdom; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960280711     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616701003638517     Document Type: Article

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