Local television, the World Wide Web, and the 2000 presidential election

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 58-72

  Novotny, Patrick ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2000 presidential election; Computers and politics; Internet; Political campaigns; World Wide Web

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EID: 0036106816     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089443930202000106     Document Type: Review

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