UK elected representatives and their weblogs: First impressions

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 338-355

  Auty, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet; Politics; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ONLINE SEARCHING;

WEBLOGS;

PORTALS;

EID: 33749347655     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530510612077     Document Type: Review

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