The young and agenda-less? Exploring age-related differences in agenda setting on the youngest generation, baby boomers, and the civic generation

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 495-508

  Coleman, Renita ^a   McCombs, Maxwell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; MEDIA INDUSTRY; MEDIA ROLE; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 38549116109     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900708400306     Document Type: Article

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