Comparing the effects of newspaper, TV news, and the internet news on the evaluation of a major political candidate: Latent growth modeling with longitudinal panel data from the 2007 presidential campaign in South Korea

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-78

  Kim, Min Gyu ^a   Kim, Joohan ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84863270495     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: 14716909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edr046     Document Type: Article

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