Weblogs, traditional sources online and political participation: An assessment of how the internet is changing the political environment

New Media and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 553-574

  Gil De Zúñiga, Homero ^a   Puig I Abril, Eulàlia ^b   Rojas, Hernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogs; Internet; Political participation; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 65949124468     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444809102960     Document Type: Article

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