Uses, Gratifications, and Beyond: Toward a Model of Motivated Media Exposure and Its Effects on Risk Perception

Communication Theory

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-137

  So, Jiyeon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS MEDIA; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84859500262     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: 14682885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2012.01400.x     Document Type: Article

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