Attention, Attitude, and Behavior: Second-Level Agenda-Setting Effects as a Mediator of Media Use and Political Participation

Communication Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 698-719

  Moon, Soo Jung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAB model; media effects; mediator; participation; second level agenda setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883146806     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650211423021     Document Type: Article

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