The internet and political fragmentation

Domestic Perspectives on Contemporary Democracy

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 155-170

  Bimber, Bruce ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Information Technology and Society   (United States)

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