Toward a Discourse Approach to Polling

Discourse Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-215

  Lipari, Lisbeth ^a  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

critical political communication; ideology; institutional discourse; polling; public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993741996     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445600002002003     Document Type: Article

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