Ambiguity, distorted messages, and nested environmental effects on political communication

Journal of Politics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 996-1030

  Huckfeldt, Robert ^b   Beck, Paul Allen ^c   Dalton, Russell J ^a   Levine, Jeffrey ^b   Morgan, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032210487     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2647728     Document Type: Article

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