News frazers, television news, political knowledge, and engagement

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-107

  Morris, Jonathan S ^a   Forgette, Richard ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cable news; Mass media; News grazers; Television news

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846527449     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: 1531328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X06297122     Document Type: Article

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