Partisan Media Selective Exposure During the 2012 Presidential Election

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1131-1143

  Wicks, Robert H ^a   Wicks, Jan L ^a   Morimoto, Shauna A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

2012 presidential election; partisan media; selective exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904257341     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764213506208     Document Type: Article

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