Informal Political Conversation Across Time and Space: Setting the Research Agenda

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 448-460

  Hopmann, David Nicolas ^a   Matthes, Jörg ^b   Nir, Lilach ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 84964296750     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: 14716909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edv043     Document Type: Review

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