The genesis of civic awareness: Agenda setting in political socialization

Journal of Communication

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 756-774

  Kiousis, Spiro ^a,b   McDevitt, Michael ^c,d   Wu, Xu ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31044447790     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/55.4.756     Document Type: Article

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