An analysis of the relationship between political blog reading, online political activity, and voting during the 2008 presidential Campaign

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 11-28

  Lewis, Mitzi ^a  

^a MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogs; Internet; Political participation; Politics; Uses and gratifications theory; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855807152     PISSN: 18331882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1833-1882/CGP/v06i03/52046     Document Type: Article

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