Mass media flow and differential growth in knowledge

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1970, Pages 159-170

  Tichenor, P J ^a   Donohue, G A ^b   Olien, C N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station ^*

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EID: 34247990732     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/267786     Document Type: Article

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