How polls drive campaign coverage: The gallup/cnn/usa today tracking poll and usa today's coverage of the 1992 presidential campaign

Political Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 213-229

  Rhee, June Woong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

1992 presidential campaign; ARIMA; Campaign coverage; Campaign reporting; Horse race coverage; Media polls; News media; Tracking polls; USA Today

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030114864     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.1996.9963108     Document Type: Article

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