Media coverage of congress in the 1990s: Scandals, personalities, and the prevalence of policy and process

Political Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-313

  Morris, Jonathan S ^a,c   Clawson, Rosalee A ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Brewster Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Congress; Congressional approval; Legislative process; Media

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944458559     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600591006546     Document Type: Article

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