Presidential election campaigns and American democracy: The relationship between communication use and normative outcomes

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-62

  Pfau, Michael ^a   Houston, J Brian ^a   Semmler, Shane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Media use

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944554996     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764205279429     Document Type: Article

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