Need for orientation, selective exposure, and attribute agenda-setting effects

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 689-712

  Camaj, Lindita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 84911871603     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2013.835424     Document Type: Article

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