Twitter as "a journalistic substitute"? Examining #wiunion tweeters' behavior and self-perception

Journalism

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 488-504

  Veenstra, Aaron S ^a   Iyer, Narayanan ^a   Park, Chang Sup ^a   Alajmi, Fawaz ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen journalism; credibility; labor; protest mobilization; Twitter; Wisconsin protests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929086051     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884914521580     Document Type: Review

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