Conversations about the elections on Twitter: Towards a structural understanding of Twitter’s relation with the political and the media field

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 720-734

  D’heer, Evelien ^a   Verdegem, Pieter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Elections; field theory; network analysis; political communication; Twitter networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912142600     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: 14603705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323114544866     Document Type: Article

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