How the other half votes: Big Brother viewers and the 2005 general election

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 457-479

  Coleman, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Political participation; Representation; The public

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849189495     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877906069895     Document Type: Article

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