The Democratic Divide in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-149

  Nam, Taewoo ^a,b   Stromer Galley, Jennifer ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Center for Technology in Government   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic divide; digital divide; e democracy; online political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859706604     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2011.579858     Document Type: Article

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