Swedish politicians and new media: Democracy, identity and populism in a digital discourse

New Media and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 655-671

  Nilsson, Bo ^a   Carlsson, Eric ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Digital discourse; discourse theory; identity; information technology; new media; populism; Swedish politicians

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901066139     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444813487964     Document Type: Article

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