The Role of Media Distrust in Partisan Voting

Political Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 567-585

  Ladd, Jonathan McDonald ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Media skepticism; News media; Party identification; Trust; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449312293     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-010-9123-z     Document Type: Article

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