Designs and methods of comparative political communication research

Comparing Political Communication: Theories, Cases, and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 87-112

  Wirth, Werner ^a   Kolb, Steffen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84926991207     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511606991.006     Document Type: Chapter

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