Spin and political publicity: Effects on news coverage and public opinion

Political Communication in Postmodern Democracy: Challenging the Primacy of Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 75-91

  de Vreese, Claes H ^a   Elenbaas, Matthijs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79959337879     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230294783     Document Type: Chapter

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