The impact of technology on news reporting: A longitudinal perspective

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 417-434

  Reich, Zvi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

News and reporting; Print media; Quantitative methodology

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84884663978     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: 2161430X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077699013493789     Document Type: Review

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