The Observer : Good at Observing, Less Good at Influencing?

The 1997 British General Election appeared to show a clear-cut case of the media influencing electoral behaviour. In an attempt to facilitate anti-Conservative tactical voting The Observer published the results of 16 constituency-level opinion polls. The newspaper is frequently seen as influential i...

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Published in:Political Studies Vol. 49; no. 5; pp. 957 - 969
Main Author: Cowley, Philip
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Dec2001
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