Broadcast Versus Interaction: Environmental Groups' Use of Twitter

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 329-344

  Merry, Melissa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Gulf oil spill; interactivity; interest groups; Internet; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905371888     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2014.933723     Document Type: Article

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