How deeply are parliaments engaging on social media

Information Polity

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 281-297

  Leston Bandeira, Cristina ^a   Bender, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parliament; public engagement; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893761869     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IP-130316     Document Type: Article

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