Europhile Media and Eurosceptic Voting: Effects of News Media Coverage on Eurosceptic Voting in the 2009 European Parliamentary Elections

Political Communication

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 325-354

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Euroscepticism; evaluative tone; framing; media effects; voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899458652     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2013.828137     Document Type: Article

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