The web 2.0 Election: Does the online medium matter?

Journal of Political Marketing

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 165-188

  Towner, Terri L ^a   Dulio, David A ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2008U.S. presidential election; Abcnews.com; Candidate web sites; Facebook; Political campaigns; Youchoose '08; Young voters; Youtube

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951990467     PISSN: 15377857     EISSN: 15377865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15377857.2011.540220     Document Type: Article

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