Ingroup favoritism and outgroup derogation: Effects of news valence, character race, and recipient race on selective news reading

Journal of Communication

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 517-534

  Appiah, Osei ^a   Knobloch Westerwick, Silvia ^a   Alter, Scott ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; RACE;

EID: 84878717079     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12032     Document Type: Article

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