Psephological investigations: Tweets, votes, and unknown unknowns in the republican nomination process

Policy and Internet

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-182

  Jensen, Michael J ^a   Anstead, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

elections; political campaigns; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880751506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1944-2866.POI329     Document Type: Conference Paper

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