Is There a Local Dimension to Modern Election Campaigns? Party Activists’ Perceptions of the Media and Electoral Coverage of Canadian Constituency Politics

Political Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 279-294

  Carty, R Kenneth ^a   Eagles, Munroe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Constituency elections; Election coverage; Local media; Local party organizations; Local political organizations; Party activists; Party organizations; Political parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034395681     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105846000414287     Document Type: Article

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