Social Media and Campaign 2012: Developments and Trends for Facebook Adoption

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 577-588

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

^a BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congress; congressional elections; diffusion of innovations; Facebook; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883622792     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439313489258     Document Type: Article

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