Testing Zaller's reception and acceptance model in an intense election Campaign

Political Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-276

  Dobrzynska, Agnieszka ^a   Blais, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electoral campaign; Opinion formation; Party messages; Political awareness; Political predispositions; RAS model

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949130775     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-007-9049-2     Document Type: Article

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