Message or medium? Campaign learning during the 2001 British general election

Political Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-262

  Norris, Pippa ^a   Sanders, David ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Election campaigns; Political communication; Political knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042762205     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600390218878     Document Type: Article

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