The New York Times as a Resource for Mode 2

@article{Hicks2013TheNY,
  title={The New York Times as a Resource for Mode 2},
  author={Diana Hicks and Jian Wang},
  journal={Science, Technology, \& Human Values},
  year={2013},
  volume={38},
  pages={851 - 877},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:73641050}
}
  • D. HicksJian Wang
  • Published 25 July 2013
  • Sociology, Political Science
  • Science, Technology, & Human Values
The New York Times (NYT) receives more citations from academic journals than the American Sociological Review, Research Policy, or the Harvard Law Review. This article explores the reasons why… 
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