From top-down to trickle-up influence: Revisiting assumptions about the family in political socialization

Political Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 281-301

  McDevitt, Michael ^a   Chaffee, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Family communication patterns; Functional explanation; News media use; Political behavior; Political communication; Political discussion; Political socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036352392     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01957470290055501     Document Type: Review

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