Emergent networks of topical discourse: A comparative framing and social network analysis of the coffee party and tea party patriots groups on Facebook

Web 2.0 Technologies and Democratic Governance: Political, Policy and Management Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 153-168

  Mascaro, Christopher M ^a   Novak, Alison N ^b   Goggins, Sean P ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84893614065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1448-3_10     Document Type: Chapter

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