The Construction of Electoral Mandates: Media Coverage of Election Results in Canada

Political Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-253

  Mendelsohn, Matthew ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian media; Construction of public opinion; Content analysis; Election results; Electoral mandate; Interpretation of public opinion; News conventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032388775     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584609809342368     Document Type: Article

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