The invention of ‘quantifiably safe Rhetoric’: Richard Wirthlin and Ronald Reagan's instrumental use of public opinion research in presidential discourse

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 319-346

  Hall, Wynton C ^a  

^a Bainbridge College   (United States)

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EID: 0036623408     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310209374740     Document Type: Article

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