Characteristics and dynamics of election news coverage in Germany

The Handbook of Election News Coverage around the World

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 289-307

  Esser, Frank ^a   Hemmer, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203887172-29     Document Type: Chapter

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