The challenges for science journalism in the UK

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-160

  Murcott, Toby H L ^a   Williams, Andy ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'churnalism'; BBC; impartiality; multimedia; press release; reporting science; science journalism; science news

Indexed keywords

MASS MEDIA; MULTIMEDIA; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875991434     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133312471285     Document Type: Article

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