Do Online Election Campaigns Sway the Vote? A Study of the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary Election

Libri

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 190-205

  Baxter, Graeme ^a   Marcella, Rita ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84961241344     PISSN: 00242667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/libri-2013-0015     Document Type: Article

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