Professional roles and news construction: A media sociology conceptualization of journalists’ role conception and performance

Communication and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Hellmueller, Lea ^a   Mellado, Claudia ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Gatekeeping theory; Professional roles; Role conception; Role performance; Sociology of news

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938248274     PISSN: 02140039     EISSN: 23867876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15581/003.28.3.1-11     Document Type: Article

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