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“Every Little Helps”: Cyber-Campaigning in the 2007 Irish General Election

Maria Laura Sudulich, Matthew Wall Orcid Logo

Journal of Information Technology & Politics, Volume: 7, Issue: 4, Pages: 340 - 355

Swansea University Author: Matthew Wall Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/19331680903473485

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This article explores the impact of cyber-campaigning on candidates' electoral performance in the 2007 Irish general election. As such, we investigate the extent to which previous findings in this area are generalizable, testing them in a new political context. Our methodological approach seeks...

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ISSN: 1933-1681 1933-169X
Published: 2010
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