If You Build a Political Web Site, Will They Come?

International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR)

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-21

  Norris, Pippa ^a   Curtice, John ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

online behavior; political activism; political campaigns; voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001790740     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2006040101     Document Type: Article

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