Political advertising in Taiwan and the US: Across‐cultural comparison of the 1996 presidential election campaigns

Asian Journal of Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Chang, Chingching ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 85065364804     PISSN: 01292986     EISSN: 17420911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01292980009364772     Document Type: Article

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