Newspaper coverage as indirect effects of a health communication intervention: The Florida tobacco control program and youth smoking

Communication Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 382-405

  Niederdeppe, Jeff ^a   Farrelly, Matthew C ^b   Thomas, Kristin Y ^b   Wenter, Dana ^b   Weitzenkamp, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health communication; Indirect effects; Media effects; News coverage; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547143285     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650207302784     Document Type: Article

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