Moving Beyond "Just the Facts": The Influence of Online News on the Content and Structure of Public Affairs Knowledge

Communication Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-108

  Eveland Jr , William P ^a   Marton, Krisztina ^a,b   Mihye, S E O ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sch of Journalism and Communication   (China)

Author keywords

Expertise; Internet; Learning; Schema; Sophistication; WWW

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347933015     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650203260203     Document Type: Review

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