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Digging into Digg: genres of online news

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A better understanding of the types and forms of communication prevalent in the online news domain will support the design of systems able to retrieve content suited to individual needs. Genre analysis and classification are proposed as methods of studying online news content. We present a research framework for ongoing work in this area.

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Tran GAlrifai MHerder E(2015)Timeline Summarization from Relevant HeadlinesAdvances in Information Retrieval10.1007/978-3-319-16354-3_26(245-256)Online publication date: 2015
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16354-3_26
Song YLin A(2012)A Genre-aware Approach to Online Journalism EducationProcedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.08.17951(400-404)Online publication date: 2012
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.08.179

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Digging into Digg: genres of online news
1. Information systems
  1. World Wide Web
    1. Web applications
    2. Web services

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Tran GAlrifai MHerder E(2015)Timeline Summarization from Relevant HeadlinesAdvances in Information Retrieval10.1007/978-3-319-16354-3_26(245-256)Online publication date: 2015
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