Do We Need to Go Cellular? Assessing Political Media Consumption Using a Single-Frame Landline/Cellular Survey Design

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 284-306

  Hill, Megan R ^a   Tchernev, John M ^a   Holbert, R Lance ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84857339222     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2011.642926     Document Type: Article

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