Selective news exposure, personal values, and support for the Iraq war

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-34

  Lin, Carolyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Patriotic values; Political values; Religious values; Selective news exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960477464     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370802662440     Document Type: Article

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