Knowledge Acquisition Following Exposure to Cancer News Articles: A Test of the Cognitive Mediation Model

Journal of Communication

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 514-534

  Jensen, Jakob D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CANCER; COGNITION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79957894936     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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