Apolitical politics: GOP efforts to foster identification from Latinos, 1984-2000

Communication Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 464-480

  Connaughton, Stacey L ^a   Jarvis, Sharon E ^b  

^a State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

campaign advertising; identification; Latinos; political parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903310322     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970409388632     Document Type: Article

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