Assessing Selective Exposure in Experiments: The Implications of Different Methodological Choices

Communication Methods and Measures

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 198-220

  Feldman, Lauren ^a   Stroud, Natalie Jomini ^b   Bimber, Bruce ^c   Wojcieszak, Magdalena ^d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IE UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

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EID: 84882652583     PISSN: 19312458     EISSN: 19312466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19312458.2013.813923     Document Type: Article

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