Who Tweets About Politics?: Political Participation of Twitter Users During the 2011Gubernatorial Elections

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 625-643

  Bekafigo, Marija Anna ^a   McBride, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; gubernatorial election; Internet; political participation; social media; twitter; voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883643194     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439313490405     Document Type: Article

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