Health Journalist Role Conceptions: Existing and emerging professional identities

Journalism Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 763-781

  Hinnant, Amanda ^a   Jenkins, Joy ^a   Subramanian, Roma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

health communication; in depth interviews; journalism; normative roles; professional role conceptions; sociology of news

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032093098     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2015.1053509     Document Type: Article

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