Television Channel Content Profiles and Differential Knowledge Growth: A Test of the Inadvertent Learning Hypothesis Using Panel Data

Political Communication

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 377-395

  Shehata, Adam ^a   Hopmann, David Nicolas ^b   Nord, Lars ^c   Höijer, Jonas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

inadvertent; knowledge gaps; knowledge growth; political interest; political learning; public service broadcasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938555268     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2014.955223     Document Type: Article

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