Does the early bird move the polls? The use of the social media tool 'Twitter' by U.S. politicians and its impact on public opinion

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 182-186

  Hong, Sounman ^a   Nadler, Daniel ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic government; internet; network effects; political communication; political marketing; social media

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT; NETWORK EFFECTS; POLITICAL COMMUNICATION; POLITICAL MARKETING; SOCIAL MEDIA;

DIGITAL RADIO; ESTIMATION; INNOVATION; RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

SURVEYS;

EID: 80054784865     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2037556.2037583     Document Type: Conference Paper

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