Politics in the news: Do campaigns matter? A comparison of political news during election periods and routine periods in Flanders (Belgium)

Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-168

  Van Aelst, Peter ^a   De Swert, Knut ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Campaign coverage; Elections; Television news

Indexed keywords

EID: 74549145698     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/COMM.2009.011     Document Type: Article

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