Social media, political expression, and participation in Confucian Asia

Chinese Journal of Communication

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 331-347

  Skoric, Marko M ^a   Zhu, Qinfeng ^a   Pang, Natalie ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Confucian Asia; meta analysis; political expression; political participation; political system; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959043972     PISSN: 17544750     EISSN: 17544769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2016.1143378     Document Type: Article

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