(Not) the twitter election: The dynamics of the #ausvotes conversation in relation to the Australian media ecology

Journalism Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 384-402

  Burgess, Jean ^a   Bruns, Axel ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ausvotes; Australian election; Facebook; Media ecology; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875151984     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2012.663610     Document Type: Article

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