Facebooking It to the Polls: A Study in Online Social Networking and Political Behavior

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 352-369

  Bode, Leticia ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2008 election; Facebook; political participation; social media; social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870065708     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2012.709045     Document Type: Article

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