A COMPROMISED FOURTH ESTATE?

@article{Lewis2008ACF,
  title={A COMPROMISED FOURTH ESTATE?},
  author={Justin Lewis and Andy E. Williams and B. Franklin},
  journal={Journalism Studies},
  year={2008},
  volume={9},
  pages={1 - 20}
}
The suggestion that the activities of public relations professionals and news agencies help to shape news content in national and local news media is increasingly commonplace among journalists, academics and public relations professionals. The findings from this study provide substantive empirical evidence to support such claims. The study analyses the domestic news content of UK national “quality” newspapers (2207 items in the Guardian, The Times, Independent, Daily Telegraph and the mid… Expand
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