How radio news uses sources to cover local government news and factors affecting source use

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 457-477

  Lacy, Stephen ^a   Wildman, Steven S ^a   Fico, Frederick ^a   Bergan, Daniel ^a   Baldwin, Thomas ^a   Zube, Paul ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

City government news; Local government coverage; News source use; Radio news

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MASS MEDIA; RADIO; TELEVISION;

EID: 84884648412     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: 2161430X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077699013493790     Document Type: Article

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