Group allegiances and perceptions of media bias: Taking into account both the perceiver and the source

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 266-279

  Ariyanto, Amarina ^a   Hornsey, Matthew J ^b   Gallois, Cindy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hostile media perception; Intergroup relations; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247191871     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430207074733     Document Type: Article

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