Challenging the Frame in the News: The Role of Issue Involvement, Attitude, and Competing Frames

Journal of Media Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 161-170

  Van Gorp, Baldwin ^a   Vettehen, Paul Hendriks ^b   Beentjes, Johannes W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attitude; frame competition; framing; issue involvement; news

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949106313     PISSN: 18641105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105.21.4.161     Document Type: Article

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