America, America: National Identity, Presidential Debates, and National Mood

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 765-786

  Sheets, Penelope ^a   Domke, David S ^b   Wells, Christopher ^c   Lingle, Colin J ^b   Ballantyne, Amanda ^b   Al Sumait, Fahed ^d   Cordingley, Kaetlyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d GULF UNIVERSITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kuwait)

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EID: 84857161852     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2010.551017     Document Type: Article

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