Attribute and responsibility framing effects in television news coverage of poverty

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2993-3014

  Hannah, Gordon ^a,b   Cafferty, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 33750922711     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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