Social information behavior and the democratic process: Information poverty, normative behavior, and electronic government in the United States

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-107

  Jaeger, Paul T ^a   Thompson, Kim M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0842333342     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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