Who cares about local politics? Media influences on local political involvement, issue awareness, and attitude strength

Journalism and Mass Communication Quaterly

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 427-444

  Scheufele, Dietram A ^a   Shanahan, James ^a   Kim, Sei Hill ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MEDIA ROLE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

EID: 0036592498     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900207900211     Document Type: Article

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