Members of parliament: Equal competitors for media attention? an analysis of personal contacts between MPs and political journalists in five European countries

Political Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 310-325

  van Aelst, Peter ^a   Sehata, Adam ^b   van Dalen, Arjen ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Media power; Members of parliament; Press politics relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955357223     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2010.496711     Document Type: Article

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