Does familiarity breed contempt? the impact of information on mass attitudes toward congress

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-48

  Mondak, Jeffery J ^a   Carmines, Edward G ^b   Huckfeldt, Robert ^c   Mitchell, Dona Gene ^a   Schraufnagel, Scot ^d  

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

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 33845983990     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2007.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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