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(Against a) Theory of Audience Engagement with News

Steen Steensena Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Oslo Metropolitan University, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Raul Ferrer-Conillb Department of Geography, Media and Communication, Karlstad University, Sweden;c Department of Media and Social Sciences, University of Stavanger, NorwayORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0501-2217View further author information
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Chris Petersd Department of Communication and Arts, Roskilde University, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5813-1674View further author information
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Pages 1662-1680 | Published online: 07 Jul 2020

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