Questioning presidents: Journalistic deference and adversarialness in the press conferences of U.S. Presidents Eisenhower and reagan

Journal of Communication

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 749-775

  Clayman, Steven E ^a   Heritage, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; MEDIA ROLE;

EID: 0036965423     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/52.4.749     Document Type: Article

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