The contingency of the mass media's political agenda setting power: Toward a preliminary theory

Journal of Communication

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-109

  Walgrave, Stefaan ^a   Van Aelst, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDIA ROLE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33644835165     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2006.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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