Self-Interest and Attention to News Among Issue Publics

Political Communication

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-348

  Bolsen, Toby ^a   Leeper, Thomas J ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

groups; issue public; news attention; self interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880604642     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2012.737428     Document Type: Article

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