Stumbling upon news on the Internet: Effects of incidental news exposure and relative entertainment use on political engagement

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2607-2614

  Kim, Yonghwan ^a   Chen, Hsuan Ting ^b   Gil De Zúñiga, Homero ^c  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital media; Gaps in political participation; Incidental news exposure; Internet; Political engagement; Relative entertainment use

Indexed keywords

GAP IN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; INCIDENTAL NEWS EXPOSURE; OFFLINE; POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT; POLITICAL PARTICIPATIONS; RELATIVE ENTERTAINMENT USE;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

EID: 84880901544     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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