Did the media matter? Agenda-setting, persuasion and mobilization effects in the British general election campaign

British Politics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-221

  Norris, Pippa ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaigns; Communication effects; Elections; Media

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249125857     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.bp.4200022     Document Type: Article

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