Political information and interpersonal conversations in a multimedia environment: A quantitative and qualitative examination of information practices in France

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-375

  Jouët, Josiane ^a   Vedel, Thierry ^b   Comby, Jean Baptiste ^a  

^a Université Paris 2 Panthéon Assas   (France)

^b Centre for Political Research of Sciences   (France)

Author keywords

news audiences; online practices; political conversations; political information; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155181604     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: 14603705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323111423375     Document Type: Article

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