Political communication about Europe on the Internet during the 2004 European Parliament election campaign in nine EU member states

European Societies

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 755-775

  van Os, Renée ^a   Jankowski, Nicholas W ^a   Vergeer, Maurice ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2004 European Parliament election; European public sphere; Political websites; The Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149024411     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616690701412871     Document Type: Article

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