Community boundedness, personal relevance, and the knowledge gap

Communication Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 472-495

  Rucinski, Dianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Information campaigns; Knowledge gap; Race; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142763855     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650204266102     Document Type: Article

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