Science in the Social Media Age: Profiles of Science Blog Readers

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 142-168

  Jarreau, Paige Brown ^a   Porter, Lance ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blog use; media use; science blogs; science journalism

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MEDIA ROLE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 85031284758     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: 2161430X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077699016685558     Document Type: Article

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