Online campaign communication and the phenomenon of blogging: An analysis of Web logs during the 2005 British general election campaign

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 404-415

  Stanyer, James ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Elections; Internet; United Kingdom; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MAIL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTION CAMPAIGNS;

WEBSITES;

EID: 33750915419     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530610692357     Document Type: Article

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