The agenda-setting impact of major presidential TV addresses

Political Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-137

  Peake, Jeffrey S ^a   Eshbaugh Soha, Matthew ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Presidential news; Presidential television; Presidents and media

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849136355     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600701641490     Document Type: Article

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