The misconception of online comment threads content and control on local newspaper websites

Journalism Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 604-619

  Canter, Lily ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comment threads; Gatekeeping; Interaction; Moderation; Participation; Usergenerated content

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016472498     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2012.740172     Document Type: Article

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