Learning political information from the news: A closer look at the role of motivation

Journal of Communication

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-261

  David, Clarissa C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MASS MEDIA; MODELING; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 68049101249     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2009.01414.x     Document Type: Article

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