Presidential campaigns and the knowledge gap

Political Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 437-454

  Holbrook, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaigns; Debates; Knowledge gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036447213     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600290109997     Document Type: Article

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