Hearing it from jon stewart: The impact of the daily show on public attentiveness to politics

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-46

  Cao, Xiaoxia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 77949293560     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: 14716909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edp043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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