Social media and the elections

Science

Volumn 338, Issue 6106, 2012, Pages 472-473

  Metaxas, Panagiotis T ^a   Mustafaraj, Eni ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INTERNET; MEDIA ROLE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL NETWORK; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ELECTION; HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; VIDEORECORDING; WEB BROWSER; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING; POLITICS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867809678     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1230456     Document Type: Review

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