Mind the gap: Between journalistic role conception and role enactment

Journalism Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 539-554

  Tandoc, Edson C ^a   Hellmueller, Lea ^a   Vos, Tim P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural capital; Gatekeeping; Journalists; Role conceptions; Role enactment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023982746     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2012.726503     Document Type: Article

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