Genre-specific cultivation effects: Lagged associations between overall tv viewing, local tv news viewing, and fatalistic beliefs about cancer prevention

Communication Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 731-753

  Lee, Chul Joo ^a   Niederdeppe, Jeff ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer fatalism; cultivation theory; local TV news; media effects; panel survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 81055137401     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650210384990     Document Type: Article

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