Red media, blue media: Evidence of ideological selectivity in media use

Journal of Communication

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-39

  Iyengar, Shanto ^a   Hahn, Kyu S ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CRIME; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; IDEOLOGY; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE;

EID: 63649102727     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2008.01402.x     Document Type: Article

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