Gun policy, opinion, tragedy, and blame attribution: The conditional influence of issue frames

Journal of Politics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 520-543

  Haider Markel, Donald P ^a   Joslyn, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0035533244     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-3816.00077     Document Type: Review

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