Are Health Journalists Practices Tied to Their Perceptions of Audience? An Attribution and Expectancy-Value Approach

Health Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 234-243

  Hinnant, Amanda ^a   Len Ríos, María E ^a   Oh, Hyun Jee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PUBLISHING; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 84859608222     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2011.578331     Document Type: Article

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