Examining How Media Literacy and Personality Factors Predict Skepticism Toward Alcohol Advertising

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 600-609

  Austin, Erica Weintraub ^a   Muldrow, Adrienne ^a   Austin, Bruce W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION LITERACY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION LITERACY; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PERSONALITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964612268     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2016.1153761     Document Type: Article

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