Political blog readers: Predictors of motivations for accessing political blogs

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-109

  Kim, Daekyung ^a   Johnson, Thomas J ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Political attitudes; Political blogs; Political Internet users; Uses and gratification

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION; INTERNET USERS; POLITICAL ATTITUDES; POLITICAL INTERNET USERS; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS; WEBLOGS;

BLOGS; MOTIVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; USER INTERFACES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 80052807514     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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