Tweeting but not Talking: The Missing Element in Talk Radio’s Institutional Use of Twitter

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 481-500

  Herrera Damas, Susana ^a   Hermida, Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84916881003     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838151.2014.966361     Document Type: Article

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