Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ313562
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1984
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How Lawmakers Use Reporters: Differences in Specialization and Goals.
Fico, Frederick
Journalism Quarterly, v61 n4 p793-800,821 Win 1984
Explores how Indiana state legislators use statehouse reporters for information and publicity purposes, identifies characteristics of lawmakers associated with particular motivations for using reporters, and relates these characteristics to how reporters are perceived to influence the policy making process. (FL)
Descriptors: Information Sources, Legislators, Media Research, News Reporting, Policy Formation, State Legislation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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