The source cycle: How traditional media and weblogs use each other as sources

Journalism Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 447-463

  Messner, Marcus ^a   Distaso, Marcia Watson ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Journalists; Politics; Sources; Traditional media; Weblogs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024240803     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700801999287     Document Type: Article

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