Investigating journalist influences on political issue agendas at Westminster

Political Communication

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-199

  Davis, Aeron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Journalism; Political elites

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249058053     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600701313033     Document Type: Article

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