Cross-National versus individual-level differences in political information: A media systems perspective

Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-309

  Iyengar, Shanto ^a   Curran, James ^b   Lund, Anker Brink ^c   Salovaara Moring, Inka ^d   Hahn, Kyu S ^e   Coen, Sharon ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^f CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79956249624     PISSN: 17457289     EISSN: 17457297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457289.2010.490707     Document Type: Article

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