The fourth estate as superpower?: An empirical study of perceptions of media power in Belgium and the Netherlands

Journalism Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 494-511

  Van Aelst, Peter ^a   Brants, Kees ^b   Van Praag, Philip ^b   De Vreese, Claes ^c   Nuytemans, Michiel ^b   Van Dalen, Arjen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b University of Amsterdam ^*  (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Journalists; Media power; Perceptions; Politicians; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008608813     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700802114134     Document Type: Article

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