Political framing strategies and their impact on media framing in a swiss direct-democratic campaign

Political Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-157

  Hänggli, Regula ^a   Kriesi, Hanspeter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asylum law; Direct democratic campaigns; Frame building; Media frames; Strategic choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952513923     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600903501484     Document Type: Article

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