News coverage of negative political campaigns. An experiment of negative campaign effects on Turnout and Candidate preference

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 95-111

  Min, Young ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Candidate preference; Negative campaign effects; News media; Turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047690660     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X04271861     Document Type: Article

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