The Daily Brew: The Structural Evolution of the Coffee Party on Facebook during the 2010 United States Midterm Election Season

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 234-253

  Mascaro, Christopher M ^a   Novak, Alison N ^a   Goggins, Sean P ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffee Party; Facebook; network analysis; political discourse; social networking sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863887731     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2012.664955     Document Type: Article

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