A new era of minimal effects? The changing foundations of political communication

Journal of Communication

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 707-731

  Bennett, W Lance ^a   Iyengar, Shanto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; MEDIA ROLE; POLITICAL PROCESS;

EID: 58149194779     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2008.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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