Issue-advocacy versus candidate advertising: Effects on candidate preferences and democratic process

Journal of Communication

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 301-315

  Pfau, Michael ^a   Holbert, R Lance ^b   Szabo, Erin Alison ^d   Kaminski, Kelly ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d NONE

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DEMOCRACY; MEDIA ROLE;

EID: 0036086089     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/52.2.301     Document Type: Article

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