Does political advertising persuade?

Political Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 465-491

  Franz, Michael M ^a   Ridout, Travis N ^b  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign effects; Elections; Persuasion; Political advertising

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348890346     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-007-9032-y     Document Type: Article

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