Going viral? Comparing parties on social media during the 2014 Swedish election

Convergence

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 117-131

  Larsson, Anders Olof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Comparative; election campaign; Facebook; political communication; social media; Sweden; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015091237     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856515577891     Document Type: Article

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