Twitter use in election campaigns: A systematic literature review

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 72-91

  Jungherr, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Election campaigns; Internet; literature review; political communication; social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961242564     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2015.1132401     Document Type: Review

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