Beneath the veneer of fragmentation: Television audience polarization in a multichannel world

Journal of Communication

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 366-382

  Webster, James G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; HISTORY; MEDIA INDUSTRY; TELEVISION;

EID: 26844503232     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/55.2.366     Document Type: Review

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