Communicating in 140 characters or less: Congressional adoption of twitter in the 111th congress

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-66

  Straus, Jacob R ^a   Glassman, Matthew Eric ^b   J Shogan, Colleen ^c   Smelcer, Susan Navarro ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Catholic University ^*  (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872068578     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096512001242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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