Making 'the daily me': Technology, economics and habit in the mainstream assimilation of personalized news

Journalism

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 395-415

  Thurman, Neil ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Customization; Gate keeping; Individuation; Online journalism; Online news; Personalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052644778     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884910388228     Document Type: Article

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