Every little helps: Cyber-campaigning in the 2007 Irish general election

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 340-355

  Sudulich, Maria Laura ^a   Wall, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cyber campaigning; Elections; Electorate's technological profile; Irish politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952316555     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331680903473485     Document Type: Article

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