Citizen journalism and the parallel market of information in zimbabwe's 2008 election

Journalism Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 551-567

  Moyo, Dumisani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alternative journalism; Citizen journalism; Sms; Weblog; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983165842     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700902797291     Document Type: Article

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