A Gendered Influence in Campaign Debates? Analysis of Mixed-gender United States Senate and Gubernatorial Debates

Communication Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-373

  Banwart, Mary Christine ^a   McKinney, Mitchell S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign debates; Debatestyle; Gender and Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349274713     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970500319443     Document Type: Article

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