Political actors as communicators

Political Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 211-229

  Sheafer, Tamir ^a   Shenhav, Shaul R ^a   Balmas, Meital ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Charisma; Media logic; Mediatization; Personalization; Political actors; Rhetorical skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027485806     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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