Reaching out or reaching in?: The use of party websites during the 2006 electoral campaign in Belgium

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 691-714

  Hooghe, Marc ^a   Vissers, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Digital divide; Election campaigns; Internet; Party websites

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449579167     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180802483062     Document Type: Article

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