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Publication details [#51368]

Pleijter, Alexander, Liesbeth Hermans and Maurice Vergeer. 2009. Internet adoption in the newsroom: Journalists' use of the Internet explained by attitudes and perceived functions. Communications 34 (1) : 55–71.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

attitude | functionality | internet | journalese

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/COMM/html

Annotation

This study demonstrates that perceived internet professional tool functionality constitutes the main explanatory factor for journalists' (differing) internet use, whilst professional quality attitudes are not reflected therein.