WHO'S REPORTING THE PROTESTS?: Converging practices of citizen journalists and two BBC World Service newsrooms, from Iran's election protests to the Arab uprisings

Journalism Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-45

  Hänska Ahy, Maximillian T ^a   Shapour, Roxanna ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b BBC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab Spring; Iran; newsroom; participatory journalism; protest movements; user generated content (UGC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871282973     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2012.657908     Document Type: Article

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