Online information sources of political blogs

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 578-593

  Leccese, Mark ^a  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MEDIA ROLE; POLITICS; PUBLISHING;

EID: 73849127384     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900908600308     Document Type: Article

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