Web 2.0 and politics: The 2008 U.S. presidential election and an e-politics research agenda

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 669-688

  Wattal, Sunil ^a   Schuff, David ^a   Mandviwalla, Munir ^a   Williams, Christine B ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital democracy; E politics; Elections; New media; Online; Politics; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC POLICY;

DIGITAL DEMOCRACY; ELECTIONS; NEW MEDIA; ONLINE; POLITICS; WEB 2.0;

ELECTRONIC VOTING;

EID: 79953282665     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25750700     Document Type: Article

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