Communication, Persuasion, and the Conditioning Value of Selective Exposure: Like Minds May Unite and Divide but They Mostly Tune Out

Political Communication

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 213-231

  Arceneaux, Kevin ^a   Johnson, Martin ^b   Cryderman, John ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cable news; Elaboration Likelihood Model; need for cognition; polarization; selective exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877253342     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2012.737424     Document Type: Article

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