Effects of election news coverage: How visibility and tone influence party choice

Political Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-405

  Hopmann, David Nicolas ^a   Vliegenthart, Rens ^b   de Vreese, Claes ^b   Albæk, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Elections; Media effects; Public opinion; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349244021     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2010.516798     Document Type: Article

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