Rights and morals, issues, and candidate integrity: Insights into the role of the news media

Political Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 641-665

  Domke, David ^b   Shah, Dhavan V ^a   Wackman, Daniel B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Candidate character; Issue interpretations; Media; Rights and morals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034360768     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895x.00211     Document Type: Article

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