Consumer Demand for Cynical and Negative News Frames

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 360-379

  Trussler, Marc ^a   Soroka, Stuart ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

consumer demand; experimental design; gatekeeping; horse race; negative news; negativity bias; strategy news

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903514265     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161214524832     Document Type: Article

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