The next generation of news consumers: Children's news media choices in an election campaign

Political Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-321

  Simon, James ^a   Merrill, Bruce D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic Education; Election Campaign News; Keywords Children's Media Usage; Kids Voting; News Consumers; Political Socialization; Television Preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031286146     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105846097199344     Document Type: Article

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