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Putting out Fire with Gasoline: Testing the Gamson Hypothesis on Media Reliance and Political Activity

Thomas J. Johnson School of Journalism at the University of Texas, Austin
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Barbara K. Kaye School of Journalism & Electronic Media at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Pages 456-481 | Received 14 Mar 2012, Accepted 10 May 2013, Published online: 02 Dec 2013

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Yufeng Tian, Xuewei Zhang, Masahiro Yamamoto & Alyssa C. Morey. (2020) Cynicism, insults, and emotions in the 2016 U.S. presidential election: An affective intelligence framework. Journal of Information Technology & Politics 17:4, pages 321-336.
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Thomas J. Johnson, Barbara K. Kaye & Angela M. Lee. (2017) Blinded by the Spite? Path Model of Political Attitudes, Selectivity, and Social Media. Atlantic Journal of Communication 25:3, pages 181-196.
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Masahiro Yamamoto, Matthew James Kushin & Francis Dalisay. (2017) Social Media and Political Disengagement Among Young Adults: A Moderated Mediation Model of Cynicism, Efficacy, and Social Media Use on Apathy. Mass Communication and Society 20:2, pages 149-168.
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Barbara K. Kaye & Thomas J. Johnson. (2016) Restoring sanity through comic relief: Parody television viewers and political outlook. Atlantic Journal of Communication 24:3, pages 131-143.
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Chang Sup Park. (2019) The mediating role of political talk and political efficacy in the effects of news use on expressive and collective participation. Communication and the Public 4:1, pages 35-52.
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Xinzhi Zhang & Wan-Ying Lin. (2018) Stoking the Fires of Participation: Extending the Gamson Hypothesis on Social Media Use and Elite-challenging Political Engagement. Computers in Human Behavior 79, pages 217-226.
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Thomas J. Johnson & Angela M. Lee. (2015) Kick the bums out?: A structural equation model exploring the degree to which mainstream and partisan sources influence polarization and anti-incumbent attitudes. Electoral Studies 40, pages 210-220.
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Thomas J. Johnson & Barbara K. Kaye. (2014) Site Effects. Social Science Computer Review 33:2, pages 127-144.
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