Who gets the news? Alternative measures of news reception and their implications for research

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 133-164

  Price, Vincent ^a   Zaller, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34248253604     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/269363     Document Type: Article

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