YouTube Usage in Low-Visibility Political Campaigns

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-216

  Lev On, Azi ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Campaigning; Internet; political communication; social media; user generated content; video; Web 2.0; YouTube

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859730941     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2011.645360     Document Type: Article

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