DEVELOPING POLITICAL CONVERSATIONS?: Social media and English local authorities

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 878-898

  Ellison, Nick ^a   Hardey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

e democracy; engagement; local authorities; social media; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880036375     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2012.740495     Document Type: Article

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