Closing the gap?: Twitter as an instrument for connected representation

The Media, Political Participation and Empowerment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 71-88

  Graham, Todd ^a   Broersma, Marcel ^a   Hazelhoff, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b University of Groningen ^*

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EID: 84900863175     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203381113     Document Type: Chapter

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