Social responsibility theory and the digital nonprofits: Should the government aid online news startups?

Journalism

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 326-343

  Nee, Rebecca Coates ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Government funding; Nonprofit journalism; Online news; Public service journalism; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897867174     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884913482553     Document Type: Article

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