The mass media's political agenda-setting power: A longitudinal analysis of media, parliament, and government in Belgium (1993 to 2000)

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 814-836

  Walgrave, Stefaan ^a   Soroka, Stuart ^b   Nuytemans, Michiel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Belgium; Government; Mass media; Parliament; Political agenda setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949158212     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414006299098     Document Type: Article

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