New Media and Political Marketing in the United States: 2012 and Beyond

Journal of Political Marketing

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 95-119

  Towner, Terri L ^a   Dulio, David A ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

campaigns; elections; Facebook; Internet; new media; online; social networks; Twitter; YouTube

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859479789     PISSN: 15377857     EISSN: 15377865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15377857.2012.642748     Document Type: Article

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