Assessing partisan bias in political news: The case(s) of local senate election coverage

Political Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-39

  Schiffer, Adam J ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Local newspapers; Media bias; Partisan bias; Senate elections

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944458039     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600500476981     Document Type: Article

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