MEPs online: Understanding communication strategies for remote representatives

Politics and the Internet in Comparative Context: Views from the Cloud

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 213-231

  Koc Michalska, Karolina ^a,b   Lilleker, Darren ^c  

^a Centre for Political Research of Sciences   (France)

^b Mediapolis project ^*  (France)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84901268437     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203798331     Document Type: Chapter

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