Influence of Communication during the Distant Phase of the 1996 Republican Presidential Primary Campaign

Journal of Communication

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 6-26

  Pfau, Michael ^a   Kendall, Kathleen E ^b   Reichert, Tom ^d   Hellweg, Susan A ^d   Lee, Waipeng ^a,c   Tusing, Kyle James ^a   Prosise, Theodore O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d Nanyang Technological University ^*

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EID: 0031351113     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.1997.tb02723.x     Document Type: Article

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