Internet election 2.0? culture, institutions, and technology in the korean presidential elections of 2002 and 2007

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 312-325

  Lee, Yeon Ok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context; Culture; Election law; Institution; Internet; Media discourse; South Korea; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950785712     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331680903050085     Document Type: Article

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