The influence of mass media and other culprits on the projection of personal opinion

Communication Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 414-431

  Christen, Cindy T ^a   Gunther, Albert C ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hostile media effect; Mass media coverage; Personal opinion; Persuasive press inference; Projection; Public opinion estimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042208052     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650203253366     Document Type: Review

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