Is Social Media Changing How We Understand Political Engagement? An Analysis of Facebook and the 2008 Presidential Election

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 883-895

  Carlisle, Juliet E ^a   Patton, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

2008 election; Facebook; political participation; social media; social network sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887507575     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912913482758     Document Type: Article

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