Reciprocal effects: Toward a theory of mass media effects on decision makers

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 3-23

  Kepplinger, Hans Mathias ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Effects on interaction of cognition; Effects on media subjects; Emotion; Indirect effects of media coverage; Theories of media effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147146411     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: 1531328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X07299798     Document Type: Article

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