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web chat  

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  • Chat rooms are an important means by which news audiences communicate online with journalists and other news producers. Chat rooms have proven to be an important source of information for breaking news and personal accounts related to sensitive topics. [Source: Encyclopedia of Journalism; Chat Rooms]

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  • chat rooms

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