Local news coverage in a social capital capital: Election 2000 on minnesota's local news stations

Political Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-83

  Stevens, Daniel ^a   Alger, Dean ^b   Allen, Barbara ^c   Sullivan, John L ^d  

^a HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Carleton College ^*  (United States)

^c CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign 2000; Campaign coverage; Local democracy; Local news; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944476729     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600500477062     Document Type: Article

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