Towards hypermedia campaigning? Perceptions of new media’s importance for campaigning by party strategists in comparative perspective

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 747-765

  Lilleker, Darren G ^a   Tenscher, Jens ^b,c   Štětka, Václav ^d  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

campaigning; EU; new media; political parties; professionalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926250214     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2014.993679     Document Type: Article

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