News selection patterns as a function of race: The discerning minority and the indiscriminating majority

Media Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 400-417

  Knobloch Westerwick, Silvia ^a   Appiah, Osei ^a   Alter, Scott ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 52149098359     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213260802178542     Document Type: Article

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