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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Media Use and Time of Decision in the 1980 Presidential Election

Abstract

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This study followed 209 registered voters through the 1980 presidential campaign period as they made their decision among Democratic incumbent Carter, Republican challenger Reagan, and Independent party candidate John Anderson. It follows the panel design of previous mass commmunication election studies; Lazarsfeld (1940), Berelson (1944), Mendelsohn and O'Keefe (1972), Chaffee and Choe (1976).

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Speech Communication
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Goldman, Steven Bennett

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8823136
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/77300

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Goldman, Steven Bennett. Media Use and Time of Decision in the 1980 Presidential Election. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/77300