Do the candidates matter? Long-term trends of campaign coverage - A study of the german press since 1949

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 291-314

  Wilke, Jürgen ^a   Reinemann, Carsten ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Content analysis; Election coverage; Germany; Long term trends; Portrayal of candidates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035536296     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323101016003001     Document Type: Article

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