Whose news? Whose values? citizen journalism and journalistic values through the lens of content creators and consumers

Journalism Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 720-737

  Holton, Avery E ^a   Coddington, Mark ^b   Dezύñiga, Homerogil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen journalism; News consumption; News creation; News values; Participatory journalism; User generated content

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904419083     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2013.766062     Document Type: Article

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