The Contemporary Presidency: The Return of the Honeymoon: Television News Coverage of New Presidents, 1981-2009

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 590-603

  Farnsworth, Stephen J ^a   Lichter, S Robert ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84857338502     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2011.03888.x     Document Type: Article

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