Personality traits and the consumption of political information

American Politics Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-84

  Gerber, Alan S ^a   Huber, Gregory A ^a   Doherty, David ^a   Dowling, Conor M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; news consumption; personality traits; political interest; political knowledge; social psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650697123     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X10381466     Document Type: Article

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