The gatekeeping function: Distributions of information in media and the real world

Journal of Politics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 514-528

  Soroka, Stuart N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84861052981     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002238161100171X     Document Type: Article

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