Live-Tweeting a Presidential Primary Debate: Exploring New Political Conversations

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 552-562

  Hawthorne, Joshua ^a   Houston, J Brian ^a   McKinney, Mitchell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

2012 election; framing; presidential debates; public sphere; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883642606     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439313490643     Document Type: Article

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