Assessing Americans' opinions about the news media's fairness in 1996 and 1998

Political Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 163-182

  Bennett, Stephen Earl ^a   Rhine, Staci L ^a   Flickinger, Richard S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Misanthropy; Monica Lewinsky affair; News media; Public opinion; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035588111     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105846001750322961     Document Type: Article

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