The boys on the timeline: Political journalists' use of Twitter for building interpretive communities

Journalism

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1107-1123

  Mourão, Rachel Reis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Elections; interpretive community; political communication; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949220364     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884914552268     Document Type: Review

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