Why They Don't Trust the Media: An Examination of Factors Predicting Trust

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-21

  Lee, Tien Tsung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

liberal bias; media bias; media trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956856248     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764210376308     Document Type: Article

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