Ideological Consumerism in Colombian Elections, 2015: Links between Political Ideology, Twitter Activity, and Electoral Results

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 37-43

  Correa, Juan C ^a   Camargo, Jorge E ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA KONRAD LORENZ   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombian elections; Ideological consumerism; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDEOLOGY; PUBLIC FIGURE; COLOMBIA; INTERNET; POLITICS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

COLOMBIA; HUMANS; INTERNET; POLITICS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 85009461433     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2016.0402     Document Type: Article

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