Election campaigning on the WWW in the USA and UK: A comparative analysis

Party Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-75

  Gibson, Rachel K ^a   Margolis, Michael ^b   Resnick, David ^b   Ward, Stephen J ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campaigning; Internet; Online; Parties; WWW

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866986100     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135406880391004     Document Type: Review

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