Informational utility and selective exposure to entertainment media

Selective Exposure to Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 63-92

  Atkin, Charles K ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85067157647     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203056721     Document Type: Chapter

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