Does Scotland 'like' this? social media use by political parties and candidates in Scotland during the 2010 UK general election campaign

Libri

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-124

  Baxter, Graeme ^a   Marcella, Rita ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84870170567     PISSN: 00242667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/libri-2012-0008     Document Type: Article

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