Why Do Candidates Use Online Media in Constituency Campaigning? An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 151-168

  Marcinkowski, Frank ^a   Metag, Julia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

German politics; online campaigning; state elections; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901268047     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2014.895690     Document Type: Article

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