Exploring the association between news use and social capital: Evidence of variance by ethnicity and medium

Communication Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 611-636

  Beaudoin, Christopher E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Medium differences; News effects; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349462624     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650209338905     Document Type: Article

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