Hype versus substance in network television coverage of presidential election campaigns

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-109

  Fox, Julia R ^a   Angelini, James R ^a   Goble, Christopher ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; TELEVISION;

EID: 20444388352     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900508200107     Document Type: Article

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