The influence of late-night TV comedy viewing on political talk: A moderated-mediation model

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 482-498

  Landreville, Kristen D ^a   Holbert, R Lance ^b   LaMarre, Heather L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

debate viewing; entertainment media; late night TV comedy; political discussion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957274235     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161210371506     Document Type: Article

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