Internet politics and state media control: Candidate weblogs in Malaysia

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-328

  Gong, Rachel ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication and information technologies; Electoral politics; Internet; Malaysia; Political sociology; Weblogs

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053160661     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2011.54.3.307     Document Type: Article

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