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Research Article

Quantifying the ideational context: political frames, meaning trajectories and punctuated equilibria in Spanish mainstream press during the Catalan nationalist challenge

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Article: 2287036 | Received 15 Jun 2023, Accepted 18 Nov 2023, Published online: 13 Dec 2023

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