Do women and men in congress cultivate different images? Evidence from congressional web sites

Political Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 395-405

  Niven, David ^a   Zilber, Jeremy ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Congress; Gender; Internet web sites; Media coverage; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540671     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600152647100     Document Type: Article

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