Selective Exposure and Reinforcement of Attitudes and Partisanship Before a Presidential Election

Journal of Communication

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 628-642

  Knobloch Westerwick, Silvia ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; INTERNET; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL PROCESS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865085509     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01651.x     Document Type: Article

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