In Media We Distrust: The Interplay of Message, Context, and Media Trust on Campaign Message Effects

Electronic News

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 105-120

  Wise, David ^a   McLaughlin, Bryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

media trust; message source; online news; political campaigns

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045557664     PISSN: 19312431     EISSN: 1931244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1931243116647769     Document Type: Article

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