How to evaluate It: The role of story-evaluative tone in agenda setting and priming

Journal of Communication

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-39

  Sheafer, Tamir ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MASS MEDIA;

EID: 33847273591     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-9916.2007.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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