It's the debates, stupid! how the introduction of televised debates changed the portrayal of chancellor candidates in the German press, 1949-2005

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 92-111

  Reinemann, Carsten ^a   Wilke, Jrgen ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Campaign coverage; Germany; Televised debates

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548710701     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: 1531328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X07307185     Document Type: Review

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