Social media and political communication: A survey of twitter users during the 2013 Italian general election

Italian Political Science Review

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 381-410

  Vaccari, Cristian ^a   Valeriani, Augusto ^a   Barberá, Pablo ^a   Bonneau, Richard ^a   Jost, John T ^a   Nagler, Jonathan ^a   Tucker, Joshua ^a  

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EID: 84891799315     PISSN: 00488402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1426/75245     Document Type: Review

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