Testing the intramedia interaction hypothesis: The contingent effects of news

Journal of Communication

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 364-387

  Shen, Fei ^a   Eveland, William P ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

EID: 77954108518     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2010.01486.x     Document Type: Article

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