Introduction: Political information efficacy and young voters

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1093-1111

  Kaid, Lynda Lee ^a   McKinney, Mitchell S ^b   Tedesco, John C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Political advertising; Political information efficacy; Presidential debates; Young voters

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247632223     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764207300040     Document Type: Review

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