Going public as political strategy: The Bush administration, an echoing press, and passage of the Patriot Act

Political Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-312

  Domke, David ^a   Graham, Erica S ^c   Coe, Kevin ^b   John, Sue Lockett ^a   Coopman, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Box 353740 ^*

Author keywords

Going public; Indexing; News media; Patriot Act; President; September 11; Strategic communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747179554     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600600808844     Document Type: Review

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