Strategic, structural, and individual determinants of online campaigning in German elections

Policy and Internet

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 136-158

  Metag, Julia ^a   Marcinkowski, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ccandidates; Election campaigns; Internet; Quantitative survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876722439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/poi3.14     Document Type: Article

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