Picking your party online-An investigation of Ireland's first online voting advice application

Information Polity

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-218

  Wall, Matthew ^a   Sudulich, Maria Laura ^a   Costello, Rory ^b   Leon, Enrique ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

irish politics; Online survey; voter advice applications

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952511983     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IP-2009-0179     Document Type: Article

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