Mobilizing political talk in a presidential campaign: An examination of campaign effects in a deliberative framework

Communication Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 315-345

  Pan, Zhongdang ^a   Shen, Lijiang ^b   Paek, Hye Jin ^b   Sun, Ye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deliberation; Election campaigns; Media effects; Political participation; Political talk

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747785610     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650206291478     Document Type: Article

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