New platform, old habits? Candidates’ use of Twitter during the 2010 British and Dutch general election campaigns

New Media and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 765-783

  Graham, Todd ^a   Jackson, Dan ^b   Broersma, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative research; elections; Internet; Netherlands; politicians; social media; Twitter; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963713721     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444814546728     Document Type: Article

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