Do talk shows cultivate adolescents' views of the world? A prolonged-exposure experiment

Journal of Communication

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 143-163

  Rossler P ^a   Brosius, H B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0035611921     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/51.1.143     Document Type: Article

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