Campaigns in the holy land: The content and effects of election news coverage in Israel

The Handbook of Election News Coverage around the World

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 209-225

  Shaefer, Tamir ^a   Weimann, Gabriel ^b   Tsfati, Yariv ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 85075670079     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203887172-23     Document Type: Chapter

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