Presidential Success in Communicating with the Public through Televised Addresses

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 347-356

  Welch, Reed L ^a  

^a WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

public opinion; Reagan; recall; televised addresses

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048996722     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2003.tb00034.x     Document Type: Article

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