Is anybody watching? the audience for televised presidential addresses

Congress and the Presidency

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-58

  Welch, Reed L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84937321914     PISSN: 07343469     EISSN: 19441053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07343460009507775     Document Type: Article

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