Blogging the new zealand election: The impact of new media practices on the old game

Political Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-105

  Hopkins, Kane ^a   Matheson, Donald ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; New Zealand election campaigns; New Zealand media; Political blogging

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745030615     PISSN: 00323187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003231870505700209     Document Type: Article

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