Did social media really matter? college students' use of online media and political decision making in the 2008 election

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 608-630

  Kushin, Matthew James ^a   Yamamoto, Masahiro ^b  

^a UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649626935     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2010.516863     Document Type: Article

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