Strategic leaders: Determining successful presidential opinion leadership tactics through public appeals

Political Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 296-316

  Rottinghaus, Brandon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Oval office address; Presidential leadership; Public opinion; Speeches; State of the union

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949140411     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600903053510     Document Type: Article

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