The opinion factor: The effects of opinionated news on information processing and attitude change

Political Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-181

  Feldman, Lauren ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cable news; Information processing; Opinionated news; Persuasion; Polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957841279     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2011.565014     Document Type: Article

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