The symbiosis of news coverage and aggregate online search behavior: Obama, rumors, and presidential politics

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 341-360

  Weeks, Brian ^a,b   Southwell, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956022597     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205430903470532     Document Type: Article

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