When does the watchdog bark? Conditions of aggressive questioning in presidential news conferences

American Sociological Review

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-41

  Clayman, Steven E ^a   Heritage, John ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^b   McDonald, Laurie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33847051159     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240707200102     Document Type: Article

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