Science News Consumption Patterns and Their Implications for Public Understanding of Science

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 597-616

  Su, Leona Yi Fan ^a   Akin, Heather ^a   Brossard, Dominique ^a   Scheufele, Dietram A ^a,b   Xenos, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blogs; public understanding of science; science news consumption; traditional media

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; MASS MEDIA;

EID: 84945231173     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: 2161430X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077699015586415     Document Type: Article

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