Do political parties and the press influence the public agenda? A content analysis of press coverage of the 2001 UK general election

Journal of Political Marketing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-28

  Harris, Phil ^a   Fury, Donna ^b   Lock, Andrew ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Political management; Political marketing; Press; UK General Election 2001

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751317460     PISSN: 15377857     EISSN: 15377865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J199v05n03_01     Document Type: Review

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