The Internet and Citizen Communication With Government: Does the Medium Matter?

Political Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 409-428

  Bimber, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen Contact With Government; Electronic Mail; Internet; Political Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033248848     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105846099198569     Document Type: Article

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