Changing deliberative norms on news organizations' facebook sites

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 188-203

  Stroud, Natalie Jomini ^a   Scacco, Joshua M ^b   Muddiman, Ashley ^c   Curry, Alexander L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Civility; Deliberation; Journalism; News; Online Forums

Indexed keywords

CIVILITY; DELIBERATION; DESIGNATED MARKET AREAS; FACEBOOK; FIELD STUDIES; JOURNALISM; LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS; NEWS; ONLINE FORUMS; STAFF MEMBERS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84925446151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12104     Document Type: Article

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