Media systems and the political information environment: A cross-national comparison

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-271

  Aalberg, Toril ^a   van Aelst, Peter ^b   Curran, James ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizens; Comparative research; Democracy; Television; United States; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954575466     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161210367422     Document Type: Article

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