How Are Parliaments Using New Media to Engage with Citizens?

Journal of Legislative Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 496-513

  Griffith, Jeffrey ^a   Leston Bandeira, Cristina ^b  

^a Global Centre for ICT in Parliament   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

new media; parliament and the internet; public engagement; social media; transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867242752     PISSN: 13572334     EISSN: 17439337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13572334.2012.706058     Document Type: Article

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