The Impact of News Use and News Content Characteristics on Political Knowledge and Participation

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 713-737

  Liu, Yung I ^a   Shen, Fei ^b   Eveland, William P ^c   Dylko, Ivan ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84884351047     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2013.778285     Document Type: Article

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