Presidential debate questions and the public Agenda

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 130-141

  Benoit, William L ^a   Hansen, Glenn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Issues; Presidential debates; Public interest; Questions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013136802     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370109385621     Document Type: Article

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