What journalists retweet: Opinion, humor, and brand development on Twitter

Journalism

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 920-935

  Molyneux, Logan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Branding; gatekeeping; humor; journalism practice; norms; objectivity; social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947568470     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884914550135     Document Type: Article

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