Seeking Congruency or Incongruency Online?: Examining Selective Exposure to Four Controversial Science Issues

Science Communication

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 143-167

  Jang, S Mo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

controversial science; schema incongruency; science communication; selective exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898681931     PISSN: 10755470     EISSN: 15528545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1075547013502733     Document Type: Article

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