The Web and the 2004 EP election: Comparing political actor Web sites in 11 EU Member States

Information Polity

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 165-176

  Jankowski, Nicholas W ^a   Foot, Kirsten ^b   Kluver, Randy ^c   Schneider, Steve ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

European Parliament election; information provision; Internet and elections; political action; political communication; political engagement; Web feature analysis; Web sphere analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 48649109410     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ip-2005-0076     Document Type: Article

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