Whose views made the news? media coverage and the march to war in iraq

Political Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-87

  Hayes, Danny ^a   Guardino, Matt ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indexing; Iraq; Mass media; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949088192     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600903502615     Document Type: Article

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