If the News Is So Bad, Why Are Presidential Polls So High? Presidents, the News Media, and the Mass Public in an Era of New Media

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 493-515

  Cohen, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85044814362     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2004.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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