The Press Versus the Public: What is "good journalism?"

Journalism Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 926-942

  Gil de Zúñiga, Homero ^a   Hinsley, Amber ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

citizen journalism; good journalism; infotainment; news use; professional perception of journalism; public perception of journalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886395784     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2012.744551     Document Type: Article

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