An experiment of campaign effects during the youtube election

New Media and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 626-644

  Towner, Terri L ^a   Dulio, David A ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2008 US election; political campaigns; YouChoose'08; young voters; YouTube

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958028576     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444810377917     Document Type: Article

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