When News Matters: Media Effects on Public Support for European Union Enlargement in 21 Countries

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 691-708

  Azrout, Rachid ^a   van Spanje, Joost ^a   de Vreese, Claes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84865380929     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2012.02255.x     Document Type: Article

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