Tweeting Conventions: Political journalists' use of Twitter to cover the 2012 presidential campaign

Journalism Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 789-806

  Lawrence, Regina G ^a   Molyneux, Logan ^a   Coddington, Mark ^a   Holton, Avery ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

content analysis; elections campaigns; internet new technology; journalism; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918796613     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2013.836378     Document Type: Article

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