Media favoritism and presidential nominations: Reviving the direct effects model

Political Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-59

  Barker, David C ^a   Lawrence, Adam B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct effects; Mass media; Media favoritism; Nominations; Presidential; Presidential primaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844551693     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600500477013     Document Type: Article

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