DODGING THE GATEKEEPERS?: Social media in the campaign mix during the 2011 Danish elections

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 737-756

  Skovsgaard, Morten ^a   Van Dalen, Arjen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

campaigning; election; Facebook; politicians; social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878774293     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2013.783876     Document Type: Article

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