News on the move: Exogenous events and news coverage of the European Union

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 506-526

  Boomgaarden, Hajo G ^a   Vliegenthart, Rens ^a   de Vreese, Claes H ^a   Schuck, Andreas R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Democratic deficit; European Union; Key events; News coverage; Time series; Visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952652374     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501761003673294     Document Type: Article

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