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Mass Communication and Society Volume 23, 2020 - Issue 5: What IS News?
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That’s Not News: Audience Perceptions of “News-ness” and Why It Matters

Stephanie Edgerlya Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
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Emily K. Vragab Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of MinnesotaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3016-3869View further author information
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Pages 730-754 | Published online: 23 Mar 2020

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