Blogging in the Shadow of Parties: Exploring Ideological Differences in Online Campaigning

Political Communication

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 434-455

  Åström, Joachim ^a   Karlsson, Martin ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

blogging; election campaigns; political individualism; political parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880583162     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2012.737430     Document Type: Article

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