Play it again, sam: How journalists cashed in on youtube’s favourite Koala

Australian Journalism Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-84

  Hess, Kristy ^a   Waller, Lisa ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84894056691     PISSN: 08102686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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