Not All News Sources Are Equally Informative: A Cross-National Analysis of Political Knowledge in Europe

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 275-294

  Fraile, Marta ^a   Iyengar, Shanto ^b  

^a Institute of Public Goods and Policies   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

knowledge gaps; media contents; media effects; political knowledge; Western E

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903549053     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161214528993     Document Type: Article

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