Politics in 140 Characters or Less: Campaign Communication, Network Interaction, and Political Participation on Twitter

Journal of Political Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 311-332

  Bode, Leticia ^a   Dalrymple, Kajsa E ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

campaigns; elections; new media; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929590591     PISSN: 15377857     EISSN: 15377865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15377857.2014.959686     Document Type: Article

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