Threat, authoritarianism, and selective exposure to information

Political Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-244

  Lavine, Howard ^a   Lodge, Milton ^a   Freitas, Kate ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Authoritarianism; Interactionism; Motivated reasoning; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 16644403422     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2005.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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