Not Necessarily the News: Does Fictional Television Influence Real-World Policy Preferences?

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-217

  Mutz, Diana C ^a   Nir, Lilach ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 77951578590     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205430902813856     Document Type: Article

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