Cognitive strategies for media use during a presidential campaign

Political Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-42

  Fredin, Eric S ^a   Kosicki, Gerald M ^a   Becker, Lee B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronicities; Cognitive processes; Compensation model; Image orientation; Information seeking; Information processing strategies; Issue orientation; Media attention; Media images; Media schemata; Media use; Political communication; Political schemata; Presidential campaigns; Presidential debates; Schema

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030306756     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.1996.9963093     Document Type: Article

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