MPs and E-representation: Me, MySpace and I

British Politics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-264

  Jackson, Nigel A ^a   Lilleker, Darren G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

e politics; MPs; Representation; Social networking sites; Web 2.0; Weblogs

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549130670     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2009.2     Document Type: Article

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