Image, media bias, and voter characteristics: The ideal candidate from 1988-2000

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2101-2124

  Trent, J S ^a   Short Thompson, C ^b   Mongeau, P A ^c   Nusz, A K ^a   Trent, J D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 24944580113     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00027640121958519     Document Type: Review

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