Political talk radio, perceived fairness, and the establishment of president George W. Bush's political legitimacy

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 12-27

  Holbert, R Lance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

2000 presidential election; Mediation; Perceived fairness; Political legitimacy; Political talk radio; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042598807     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X04265976     Document Type: Article

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