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Research Articles

Sustaining the “Pink Ghetto”? The identity negotiations of Chinese women journalists in the field of digital journalism

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Pages 3-18 | Received 27 Aug 2022, Accepted 05 Jul 2023, Published online: 31 Jul 2023

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