How do congressional members appear on the web? Tracking the web visibility of South Korean politicians

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 514-521

  Lim, Yon Soo ^a   Park, Han Woo ^b  

^a Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

API; Congress members; Politicians; South Korea; Web visibility; Webometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053596596     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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