A test of rivaling approaches to explain news effects: News on issue positions of parties, real-world developments, support and criticism, and success and failure

Journal of Communication

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 366-384

  Kleinnijenhuis, Jan ^a   van Hoof, Anita M J ^a   Oegema, Dirk ^a   de Ridder, Jan A ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS MEDIA; POLITICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250161740     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2007.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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