Digital dialogue? australian politicians' use of the social network tool twitter

Australian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 579-604

  Grant, Will J ^a   Moon, Brenda ^a   Grant, Janie Busby ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

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EID: 78649352586     PISSN: 10361146     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10361146.2010.517176     Document Type: Article

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