Public Opinion in Television Election News: Beyond Polls

Political Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-145

  Larson, Stephanie Greco ^a  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Public Opinion; Public Sphere; Polling; Television News; Elections

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033243476     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105846099198695     Document Type: Article

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