Assessing the role of information-processing strategies in learning from local news media about sources of social capital

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 398-419

  Fleming, Kenneth ^a   Thorson, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 69849125264     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205430801950643     Document Type: Article

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