Branding (Health) Journalism: Perceptions, practices, and emerging norms

Digital Journalism

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 225-242

  Molyneux, Logan ^a   Holton, Avery ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

branding; journalism norms; journalism practice; social media; twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983041503     PISSN: 21670811     EISSN: 2167082X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2014.906927     Document Type: Article

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