Estimating Self-Reported News Exposure Across and Within Typical Days: Should Surveys Use More Refined Measures?
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Estimating Self-Reported News Exposure Across and Within Typical Days: Should Surveys Use More Refined Measures? David Tewksbury a , Scott L. Althaus b & Matthew V. Hibbing c a Cline Center for Democracy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign b Department of Political Science, Department of Communication, and the Cline Center for Democracy, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign c School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, University of California, Merced
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