Parsing the resource pie: Using STRTs to measure attention to mediated messages

Media Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 369-394

  Lang, Annie ^a   Bradley, Samuel D ^b   Park, Byungho ^c   Shin, Mija ^d   Chung, Yongkuk ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Dongguk University   (South Korea)

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EID: 33751529120     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532785xmep0804_3     Document Type: Article

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