Political participation and web 2.0 in Europe: A case study of Facebook

Public Relations Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 466-470

  Vesnic Alujevic, Lucia ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Political communication; Political participation; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862495295     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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