The national press and voting turnout: British general elections of 1992 and 1997

Political Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-77

  Brynin, Malcolm ^a   Newton, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British elections; Cross pressures; Mass media; Newspapers; Reinforcement; Voting turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037242592     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600390172347     Document Type: Article

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