Politics without citizens? public opinion, television news, the president, and real-world factors in Chile, 2000-2005

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-381

  Valenzuela, Sebastián ^a   Arriagada, Arturo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

agenda setting; media effects; policymaking; public opinion; South America

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959200041     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161210379636     Document Type: Article

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