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It’s not easy (not) being green: Agenda dissonance of Green Party press relations and newspaper coverage

Ceri Hughes

European Journal of Communication, Volume: 31, Issue: 6, Pages: 625 - 641

Swansea University Author: Ceri Hughes

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DOI (Published version): 10.1177/0267323116669454

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The Green Party of England and Wales is trying to move from being perceived as a party with a specific environmental focus to a broad-spectrum political force with policy and opinion across the full range of political issues. How does the UK press respond to this change of agenda by the party? An an...

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Published in: European Journal of Communication
ISSN: 0267-3231 1460-3705
Published: SAGE Publications 2016
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