Online activism and party strategy at the UK 2015 general election: Analysing the potential impacts of online campaigning

Comunicazione Politica

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-22

  Lilleker, Darren G ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activism; Clicktivism; Online campaigning; Social media; UK elections

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011750317     PISSN: 15946061     EISSN: 19725094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3270/82883     Document Type: Article

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