American and german online journalists at the beginning of the 21st century: A bi-national survey

Journalism Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-186

  Quandt, Thorsten ^a   Löffelholz, Martin ^b   Weaver, David H ^c   Hanitzsch, Thomas ^b   Altmeppen, Klaus Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative survey Germany United States; Jobs and tasks; Online journalism; Professional views and attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014226297     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700500533486     Document Type: Article

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