Political knowledge and sponsorship in backlash from party- and candidate-sponsored attacks

Communication Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-84

  Meirick, Patrick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Negative Political Advertising; Political Campaigns; Political Knowledge; Sponsorship

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944465788     PISSN: 08934215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08934210500309967     Document Type: Article

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