Why do people watch news they do not trust? The need for cognition as a moderator in the association between news media skepticism and exposure

Media Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-271

  Tsfati, Yariv ^a,c   Cappella, Joseph N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Department of Communication ^*  (Israel)

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EID: 23844448163     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532785XMEP0703_2     Document Type: Article

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