Talking to the Broadcasters on Twitter: Networked Gatekeeping in Twitter Conversations with Journalists

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 420-437

  Xu, Weiai Wayne ^a   Feng, Miao ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84925944443     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838151.2014.935853     Document Type: Article

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