Revolution in the making? Social media effects across the globe

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 39-54

  Boulianne, Shelley ^a  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cross national; Facebook; meta analysis; political behavior; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025125491     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2017.1353641     Document Type: Article

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