Effects of infographics on news elaboration, acquisition, and evaluation: Prior knowledge and issue involvement as moderators

New Media and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1579-1598

  Lee, Eun Ju ^a   Kim, Ye Weon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Infographics; interactivity; modality; news acquisition; news elaboration; news evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983347816     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444814567982     Document Type: Article

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