Exposure to Counterattitudinal News Coverage and the Timing of Voting Decisions

Communication Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-169

  Matthes, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

campaign effects; counterattitudinal messages; selective exposure; time of voting decision; trust in news media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857559051     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650211402322     Document Type: Article

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