Flows of relations and communication among Singapore political bloggers and organizations: The networked public sphere approach

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-109

  Soon, Carol ^a   Cho, Hichang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blogs; Hyperlink analysis; Networked public sphere; Political parties; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952528340     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2010.514538     Document Type: Article

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