Digital access, political networks and the diffusion of democracy

Social Networks

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-53

  Rhue, Lauren ^a   Sundararajan, Arun ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888035203     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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