Elected representatives, online self-presentation and the personal vote: Party, personality and webstyles in the United States and United Kingdom

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 414-432

  Stanyer, James ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elected representatives; Homepage; Online impression management; Online persona; Personalization; Websites; Webstyle

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149176617     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180802025681     Document Type: Article

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