Dimensionality of TV-news exposure: Mapping news viewing behavior with people-meter data

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-107

  Wonneberger, Anke ^a   Schoenbach, Klaus ^a   Van Meurs, Lex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84874788583     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: 14716909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/eds004     Document Type: Article

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