Stories that count: Influence of news narratives on issue attitudes

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 98-117

  Shen, Fuyuan ^a   Ahern, Lee ^a   Baker, Michelle ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Framing; Narrative transportation; News narratives; Theory

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84896764042     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: 2161430X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077699013514414     Document Type: Article

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