Framing news in 140 characters: How social media Editors frame the news and interact with audiences via Twitter

Global Media Journal, Canadian Edition

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-23

  Wasike, Ben S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Content Analysis; Framing; New Media; News Values; Social Media Editor; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880394463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19185901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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