Members of Congress and Presentation of Self on the World Wide Web

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-40

  Gulati, Girish J ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Congress; Gender; Internet; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347603939     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X03259758     Document Type: Article

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