2004 presidential campaign messages: A functional analysis of press releases from President Bush and Senator Kerry

Public Relations Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-52

  Cho, Sooyoung ^a   Benoit, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

2004 presidential election; Acclaims; Attacks; Character; Defenses; Functional theory; News releases; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 31844449188     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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