The complexities of convergence: Multiskilled journalists working in BBC regional multimedia newsrooms

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-117

  Wallace, Sue ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BBC newsrooms; broadcast journalism; cross platform; journalism quality; media convergence; multimedia journalism; multiplatform; multiskilling; role convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872850424     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048512461764     Document Type: Article

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