How to measure public opinion in the networked age: Working in a Googleocracy or a Googlearchy?

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 328, Issue , 2010, Pages 150-160

  Westwood, Sean J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information acquisition; Internet; New media; Public opinion; Search

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; NETWORK SECURITY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

INFORMATION ACQUISITIONS; NEW MEDIA; OPINION FORMATION; PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; PUBLIC INFORMATION; PUBLIC OPINIONS; SEARCH; STANDARD ASSUMPTIONS;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 84878642691     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15479-9_14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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