The 'other' as the vulnerable voter: A study of the third-person effect in the 1988 U.S. Presidential campaign

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 345-368

  Rucinski, Dianne ^a   Salmon, Charles T ^a  

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EID: 0000490653     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/2.4.345     Document Type: Article

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