The very model of a modern major (media) candidate: Colin powell and the rhetoric of public opinion

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-176

  Edwards, Janis L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Colin powell; Objectivity; Pentad; Preprimary surfacing ; Presidential campaigns; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976335584     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463379809370093     Document Type: Article

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