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O'Donovan, Caroline. "Q&A: Clark Medal winner Matthew Gentzkow says the Internet hasn’t changed news as much as we think." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 29 Apr. 2014. Web. 25 Apr. 2024.
APA
O'Donovan, C. (2014, Apr. 29). Q&A: Clark Medal winner Matthew Gentzkow says the Internet hasn’t changed news as much as we think. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/04/qa-clark-medal-winner-matthew-gentzkow-says-the-internet-hasnt-changed-news-as-much-as-we-think/
Chicago
O'Donovan, Caroline. "Q&A: Clark Medal winner Matthew Gentzkow says the Internet hasn’t changed news as much as we think." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified April 29, 2014. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/04/qa-clark-medal-winner-matthew-gentzkow-says-the-internet-hasnt-changed-news-as-much-as-we-think/.
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