Negative campaigning across different communication channels: Different ball games?

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-461

  Walter, Annemarie S ^a   Vliegenthart, Rens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

free publicity; media logic; negative campaigning; political advertising; political communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957263313     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161210374122     Document Type: Article

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