The impact of television market size on voter turnout in American elections

American Politics Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 824-856

  Althaus, Scott L ^a   Trautman, Todd C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Designated market areas (DMAs); Market size; Media markets; Political communication; Voter turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349117612     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X08317767     Document Type: Article

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