Segmenting the electorate: The effects of exposure to political extremism online

Communication Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 430-444

  Warner, Benjamin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude extremism; Digital democracy; Digital media; Fragmentation; Polarization; Political extremism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960479652     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510974.2010.497069     Document Type: Article

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