Digital access, political networks and the diffusion of democracy

International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2012

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 3262-3278

  Rhue, Lauren ^a   Sundararajan, Arun ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Dynamic panel; Influence; Internet; Selection; Social media

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; INTERNET;

DEMOCRACY; DYNAMIC PANELS; INFLUENCE; SELECTION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 84886464411     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1892669     Document Type: Conference Paper

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