Television news and the public sphere in Italy: Conflicts at the media/politics interface

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 511-556

  Statham, Paul ^a  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Berlusconi; Italy; Media bias; Political debate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030300347     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323196011004005     Document Type: Article

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