The Presidency and Local Media: Local Newspaper Coverage of President George W. Bush

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 609-630

  Eshbaugh Soha, Matthew ^a   Peake, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85044806715     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2008.02667.x     Document Type: Article

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