Public Contest through the Popular Media: The Mining Industry's Advertising War against the Australian Labor Government

Australian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 307-319

  McKnight, David ^a   Hobbs, Mitchell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

advocacy advertising; agenda setting; communication power; issue advertising; political communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886935276     PISSN: 10361146     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10361146.2013.821101     Document Type: Article

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