Political blogs, representation and the public sphere

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-169

  Wright, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic media; Internet; Politics; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS; BLOGGERS; BLOGGING; CONTENT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDIA; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INTERACTIVITY; ONLINE ACTIVITIES; PERSONAL INFORMATION; POLITICAL ISSUES; POLITICAL PARTIES; POLITICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

INTERNET;

EID: 66749147789     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530910946901     Document Type: Article

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