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Echo chambers online?: Politically motivated selective exposure among Internet news users†

  1. R. Kelly Garrett

Article first published online: 30 MAR 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01440.x

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Journal of Computer‐Mediated Communication

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volume 14, Issue 2, pages 265–285, January 2009

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Garrett, R. K. (2009), Echo chambers online?: Politically motivated selective exposure among Internet news users. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14: 265–285. doi: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01440.x

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  1. School of Communication, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

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    The author is grateful to Paul Resnick, Bruce Bimber, Paul Edwards, Russ Neuman, and Andrew Hayes for their valuable feedback on this work.

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  1. Issue published online: 30 MAR 2009
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