News Audiences Revisited: Theorizing the Link Between Audience Motivations and News Consumption

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 300-317

  Lee, Angela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84884264670     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838151.2013.816712     Document Type: Article

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