Candidate campaign blogs: Directly reaching out to the youth vote

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1255-1263

  Trammell, Kaye D Sweetser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blog; Candidate; Election; Internet; Online campaign; Web site; Weblog; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247606776     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764207300052     Document Type: Review

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