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Deficits, Differences, and Ceilings
dc.contributor.authorEttema, Jamesen_US
dc.contributor.authorKline, F.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:35:45Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T19:35:45Z
dc.date.issued1977en_US
dc.identifier.citationEttema, James; Kline, F. (1977). "Deficits, Differences, and Ceilings." Communication Research 4(2): 179-202. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67566>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0093-6502en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67566
dc.description.abstractThis article focuses on audience-related factors such as ability, motivation, and media use as well as "ceiling effects" that act as contingent conditions for understanding the "knowledge gap." Ability deficits, individual differences, and ceiling effects, true or imposed, are examined to attempt a clarification of how knowledge gaps are widened or narrowed.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleDeficits, Differences, and Ceilingsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelCommunicationsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67566/2/10.1177_009365027700400204.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/009365027700400204en_US
dc.identifier.sourceCommunication Researchen_US
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