Publications

Publication details [#40344]

Richardson, John E. and Bob Franklin. 2004. Letters of Intent: Election Campaigning and Orchestrated Public Debate in Local Newspapers' Letters to the Editor. Political Communication 21 (4) : 459–478.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

election manifesto | letter | newspaper report

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper rejects the widely held view that Local Newspapers' letters to the editor offer a public forum for discussion and debate initiated by readers.