Media supply, audience demand, and the geography of news consumption in the United States

Political Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-277

  Althaus, Scott L ^a   Cizmar, Anne M ^b   Gimpel, James G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Geography; Media consumption; Media markets; Media supply; News consumption; News exposure; Spatial analysis; Spatial data

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949112115     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600903053361     Document Type: Article

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