News coverage of EU parliamentary elections

The Handbook of Election News Coverage around the World

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 403-420

  Maier, Michaela ^a   Maier, Jürgen ^b  

^a Institut für Integrierte Naturwissenschaften   (Germany)

^b France   (Germany)

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EID: 85075656546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203887172-37     Document Type: Chapter

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