The influence of presumed media influence on democratic legitimacy: The case of gaza settlers

Communication Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 794-821

  Tsfati, Yariv ^a   Cohen, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Political protest; Political violence; Presumed media influence; Settlers; Third person effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 28744441172     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650205281057     Document Type: Article

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