The daily show effect: Candidate evaluations, efficacy, and American youth

American Politics Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-367

  Baumgartner, Jody ^a   Morris, Jonathan S ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infotainment; Media and politics; Political campaigns; Political information; Political socialization; The Daily Show; Young voters

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646180981     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X05280074     Document Type: Article

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