Federal agency blogs: Agency mission, audience, and blog forms

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-176

  Mahler, Julianne ^a   Regan, Priscilla M ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency mission; Blogs; Federal government; Political communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957962764     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2011.536416     Document Type: Article

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