Media coverage of the prime ministerial debates

Political Communication in Britain: The Leader's Debates, the Campaign and the Media in the 2010 General Election

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 37-55

  Coleman, Stephen ^a   Steibel, Fabro ^a   Blumler, Jay G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84995957180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230305045     Document Type: Chapter

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