(RE-)DISCOVERING THE AUDIENCE: The relationship between journalism and audience in networked digital media

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 867-887

  Loosen, Wiebke ^a   Schmidt, Jan Hinrik ^a  

^a Brisbane Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

audience; audience participation; inclusion; journalism; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863917102     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2012.665467     Document Type: Article

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