The impact of political advertising on knowledge, internet information seeking, and candidate preference

Journal of Communication

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 337-354

  Valentino, Nicholas A ^a   Hutchings, Vincent L ^a   Williams, Dmitri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; INTERNET; PARTY POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 2642546471     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/54.2.337     Document Type: Article

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