The Selective Exposure Self- and Affect-Management (SESAM) Model: Applications in the Realms of Race, Politics, and Health

Communication Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 959-985

  Knobloch Westerwick, Silvia ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affect management; media effects; media use; media use motivations; selective exposure; self; self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940949490     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650214539173     Document Type: Article

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