Integrating theoretical traditions in media effects: Using third-person effects to link agenda-setting and cultivation

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 470-491

  Jeffres, Leo W ^a   Neuendorf, Kimberly ^a   Bracken, Cheryl Campanella ^a   Atkin, David ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 69849129229     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205430802375303     Document Type: Article

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