The messenger overwhelming the message: Ideological cues and perceptions of bias in television news

Political Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 441-464

  Turner, Joel ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heuristics; Ideological bias; Television news

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348873898     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-007-9031-z     Document Type: Article

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