The political impact of facebook :Evidence from the 2006 elections and the 2008 nomination contest

Politicking online: The transformation of election campaign communications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 272-291

  Williams, Christine B ^a   Gulati, Girish J Jeff ^a  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

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