Is political talk getting smarter? an analysis of presidential debates and the flynn effect

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 578-594

  Gorton, William ^a   Diels, Janie ^a  

^a ALMA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flynn effect; political discourse; presidential debates and content analysis; science in public

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051977599     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662509357010     Document Type: Article

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