Can web ecology provide a clearer understanding of people's information behavior during election campaigns?

Social Science Information

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-109

  Nam, Yoonjae ^a   Lee, Yeon Ok ^b   Park, Han Woo ^c  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

co link analysis; election campaign; hyperlink; web ecology; webometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874435915     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: 14617412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0539018412466635     Document Type: Article

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