Effects of watching primary debates in the 2000 U.S. presidential campaign

Journal of Communication

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 316-331

  Benoit, William L ^a   McKinney, Mitchell S ^a   Stephenson, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; MEDIA ROLE; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036080126     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/52.2.316     Document Type: Article

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