Imagining the American people: Strategies for building political community

Journal of Communication

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 138-154

  Hart, Roderick P ^a   Jennings, William P ^b   Dixson, Mary J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; MEDIA ROLE; NATIONAL IDENTITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042320798     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/53.1.138     Document Type: Article

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