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“They Say One Thing and Mean Another” How Differences in In-Group Understandings of Key Goals Shape Political Knowledge

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Volume 36 (2015): Issue 1 (June 2015)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2015-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
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Language: English
Page range: 19 - 34
Published on: Jun 9, 2015
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
group epistemology,
epistemic community,
political communication,
social psychology of knowledge,
public sphere,
Habermas,
confirmatory factor analysis.
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Communication science,
Mass communication,
Public and political communication

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