Effects of Lead Framing on Selective Exposure to Internet News Reports

Communication Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-81

  Zillmann, Dolf ^a   Chen, Lei ^a   Knobloch, Silvia ^b   Callison, Coy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agony; Article choice; Conflict; Dramatic frames; Economy; Internet news; Lead framing; Misfortune; Overview function; Selective exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346672374     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650203260201     Document Type: Review

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