Our long 'return to the concept of powerful mass media' - A cross-national comparative investigation of the effects of consonant media coverage

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 144-168

  Peter, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 4043170521     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/16.2.144     Document Type: Article

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