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Millennials at the back gates: how young adults’ digital news practices present a new media logic for news gathering and gatekeeping as user-oriented activities in a participatory news ecosystem

Pages 303-318 | Received 08 Jul 2017, Accepted 11 Apr 2018, Published online: 06 Sep 2018

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