Information policy in national political campaigns: A comparison of the 2008 campaigns for president of the United States and Prime Minister of Canada

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-82

  Jaeger, Paul T ^a   Paquette, Scott ^a   Simmons, Shannon N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign; Canada; ICTs; Information policy; Social networking; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954112304     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331680903316700     Document Type: Article

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