The effect of fox news and cnn's postdebate commentator analysis on viewers' perceptions of presidential candidate performance

Southern Communication Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-351

  Brubaker, Jennifer ^a   Hanson, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85007849632     PISSN: 1041794X     EISSN: 19303203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10417940902721763     Document Type: Article

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