Facilitating communication across lines of political difference: The role of mass media

American Political Science Review

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-114

  Mutz, Diana C ^a   Martin, Paul S ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 0035532339     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0003055401000223     Document Type: Article

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