The Spaces of Sensationalism: A Comparative Case Study of the New York Journal and BuzzFeed.

This article examines how space mediates the relationship between publishers and public attention. Drawing on a heterodox reading of attention economics, it relates the rise of the yellow newspaper the New York Journal and the viral news publisher BuzzFeed to the spatial structure of two marketplace...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Communication (19328036) Vol. 15; pp. 4109 - 4129
Autor principal: BERMAN, DAVID ELLIOT
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Southern California, USC Annenberg Press 2021
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