Social Watching a 2012 Republican Presidential Primary Debate

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 556-573

  McKinney, Mitchell S ^a   Houston, J Brian ^a   Hawthorne, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

presidential campaign; primary debate; social media; social watching; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897789418     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764213506211     Document Type: Article

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