Just laugh! You don't need to remember: The effects of entertainment media on political information acquisition and information processing in political judgment

Journal of Communication

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 338-360

  Kim, Young Mie ^a   Vishak, John ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS MEDIA; POLITICS;

EID: 47949091179     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2008.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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