Twitter use by three political leaders: An exploratory analysis

Online Information Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 587-603

  Aharony, Noa ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Communication; Exploratory analysis; Political leaders; Social networking sites; Twitter

Indexed keywords

BRITAIN; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; POLITICAL LEADERS; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; TWITTER; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84865461303     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521211254086     Document Type: Review

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