The real spiral of cynicism? Symbiosis and mistrust between politicians and journalists

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-40

  Brants, Kees ^a   de Vreese, Claes ^a   Möller, Judith ^a   van Praag, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Political journalism; Politicians' media salacity; Spiral of cynicism hypothesis; Survey; Video malaise theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949094203     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161209351005     Document Type: Article

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