Twitter style: An analysis of how house candidates used twitter in their 2012 campaigns

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 454-462

  Evans, Heather K ^a   Cordova, Victoria ^a   Sipole, Savannah ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84898837732     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096514000389     Document Type: Article

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