A Functional Analysis of 2008 U.S. Presidential Primary Debates

Argumentation and Advocacy

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-110

  Benoit, William L ^a,b   Henson, Jayne R ^a,b   Sudbrock, Leigh Anne ^a,b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

2008 presidential campaign; Functional Theory; functions; issue ownership; primary debates; topics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948772860     PISSN: 10511431     EISSN: 25768476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028533.2011.11821757     Document Type: Article

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