Dramatic real-world events and public opinion dynamics: Media coverage and its impact on public reactions to an assassination

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 354-366

  Boomgaarden, Hajo G ^a,b   De Vreese, Claes H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34548251113     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: 14716909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edm012     Document Type: Article

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