Humor on the next frontier: Youth, online political humor, and the JibJab effect

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-338

  Baumgartner, Jody C ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Online political humor; Political attitudes; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548065755     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439306295395     Document Type: Article

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