Social media, political expression, and political participation: Panel analysis of lagged and concurrent relationships

Journal of Communication

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 612-634

  Gil de Zúñiga, Homero ^a,b   Molyneux, Logan ^c   Zheng, Pei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84905572658     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12103     Document Type: Article

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