Professional intervention and organizational incorporation: examining journalistic use of microblogs in two Chinese newsrooms

Asian Journal of Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 351-370

  Cui, Di ^a   Lin, Trisha T C ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese press; microblog; news production; newspaper; newsroom; social construction; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938422706     PISSN: 01292986     EISSN: 17420911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2014.960878     Document Type: Article

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