The subtle nature of Facebook politics: Swedish social network site users and political participation

New Media and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1111-1127

  Gustafsson, Nils ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Political mobilization; political participation; social media; social network sites; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867668689     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444812439551     Document Type: Article

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