Political discourse on social networking sites: Sentiment, in-group/out-group orientation and rationality

Information Polity

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-126

  Robertson, Scott P ^a   Douglas, Sara ^a   Maruyama, Misa ^a   Semaan, Bryan ^a  

^a University of Hawai'i at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital government; e citizenship; e participation; social networking; virtual public sphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884612547     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IP-130303     Document Type: Article

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