Suspicious minds: Explaining political cynicism among political journalists in europe

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-162

  van Dalen, Arjen ^a   Albæk, Erik ^a   de Vreese, Claes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cross national comparison; journalist source relations; political cynicism; political journalism; survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959353925     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: 14603705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323111404841     Document Type: Article

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