The role of entertainment television and its interactions with individual values in explaining political participation

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 41-63

  Besley, John C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Entertainment television; Europe; Political participation; Schwartz's Value Survey; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644898839     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: 1531328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X06286702     Document Type: Article

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