A Converging Image?: Commercialism and the visual identity of alternative and mainstream news websites

Journalism Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 835-856

  Kenix, Linda Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

alternative media; commercialism; deviance; professional design; visual communication; Web design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886403034     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2012.754239     Document Type: Article

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