Tweeting democracy? Examining Twitter as an online public relations strategy for congressional campaigns'

Public Relations Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 360-368

  LaMarre, Heather L ^a   Suzuki Lambrecht, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Online communications; Political campaigns; Public relations; Social media; Voter engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887064965     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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