The 'net' effect in politics: The 'stop the overlay' campaign in Los Angeles

Party Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 124-136

  Lin, Wan Ying ^a   Dutton, William H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campaigning; Cyber advocacy networks; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041377026     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068803009001723     Document Type: Article

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