Press coverage of mayoral candidates: The role of gender in news reporting and campaign issue speech

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-252

  Atkeson, Lonna Rae ^a   Krebs, Timothy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaigns; Candidates; Elections; Gender; Mayors; Media; Political psychology; Stereotypes; Urban politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649091394     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912907308098     Document Type: Article

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