Political Information Opportunities in Europe: A Longitudinal and Comparative Study of Thirteen Television Systems

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-274

  Esser, Frank ^a   de Vreese, Claes H ^b   Strömbäck, Jesper ^c   van Aelst, Peter ^d   Aalberg, Toril ^e   Stanyer, James ^f   Lengauer, Günther ^g   Berganza, Rosa ^h   Legnante, Guido ⁱ   Papathanassopoulos, Stylianos ^j   Salgado, Susana ^k   Sheafer, Tamir ^l   Reinemann, Carsten ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^k UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^l HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

broadcast systems; comparative research; incidental learning; news and public affairs coverage; political information environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861734152     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161212442956     Document Type: Article

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