Political campaigns and social media: A study of #mhe13 in Ireland

Irish Political Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 299-309

  Suiter, Jane ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

by election; campaign; social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929024653     PISSN: 07907184     EISSN: 17439078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07907184.2015.1018899     Document Type: Article

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