Communication dynamics in twitter during political campaigns: The case of the 2011 Spanish national election

Policy and Internet

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-206

  Aragõn, Pablo ^a   Kappler, Karolin Eva ^a   Kaltenbrunner, Andreas ^a   Laniado, David ^a   Volkovich, Yana ^a  

^a Barcelona Media ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

online political campaigns; political parties; politics; Spanish elections; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875740952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1944-2866.POI327     Document Type: Conference Paper

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