Dipping their big toe into the blogosphere: The use of weblogs by the political parties in the 2005 general election

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 292-303

  Jackson, Nigel ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communications; Elections; Internet; Political parties; Politics; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; WEBSITES;

COMMUNICATIONS; ELECTIONS; POLITICAL PARTIES; POLITICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEBLOGS;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 33749316450     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530610687678     Document Type: Article

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