Trends in online networking among South Korean politicians - A mixed-method approach

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 505-515

  Park, Han Woo ^a   Kluver, Randolph ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blog; Focus interview; Hyperlink; Mixed method; Politician; Social network analysis; South Korea; Webometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349130769     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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