Killing the Messenger: An exploration of presidential newspaper coverage and public confidence in the press

Journalism Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 557-572

  Kiousis, Spiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynical News; Media Cynicism; Negative News; Presidential Media Coverage; Public Confidence In The Press

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953119007     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461670022000019164     Document Type: Article

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