The consumer as producer—of what?: User-generated tabloid content in the sun (uk) and aftonbladet (sweden)

Journalism Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 771-785

  Örnebring, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aftonbladet; Newspapers; Producer consumer distinction; Tabloids; The sun; User generated content

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024557673     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700802207789     Document Type: Article

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