Why elections are bad news: Media and candidate discourse in the 1996 presidential primaries

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 15-35

  Lichter, Robert ^a   Smith, Ted ^a  

^a Center for Media and Public Affairs   (United States)

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EID: 0030524785     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X96001004004     Document Type: Article

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