Facebook political communication in Taiwan: 1.0/2.0 messages and election/post-election messages

Chinese Journal of Communication

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-39

  Wen, Wei Chun ^a  

^a SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Facebook; functional theory; permanent campaign; political communication; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892487373     PISSN: 17544750     EISSN: 17544769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2013.816754     Document Type: Article

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