The reconfiguration of e-campaign practices in Korea: A case study of the presidential primaries of 2007

International Sociology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-53

  Lee, Yeon Ok ^a   Park, Han Woo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

E campaign; Hyperlinks; Presidential election; South Korea; Webometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349124333     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580909346705     Document Type: Article

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