Shooting the messenger: Explaining public discontent with the news media

Politics and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 242-262

  Jones, David A ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248031045     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2005.tb00642.x     Document Type: Article

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