How news content influences anti-immigration attitudes: Germany, 1993-2005

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 516-542

  Boomgaarden, Hajo G ^a   Vliegenthart, Rens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 66149175466     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2009.01831.x     Document Type: Article

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