The Policy Sciences of Social Media

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 709-736

  Auer, Matthew R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision process; E communication; Harold D. Lasswell; Policy sciences; Social media; Social process; Tag clouds

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INTERNET; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 81855185469     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2011.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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