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Wired Voters: The Effects of Internet Use on Voters’ Electoral Uncertainty

Maria Sudulich, Matthew Wall Orcid Logo, Leonardo Baccini

British Journal of Political Science, Volume: 45, Issue: 04, Pages: 853 - 881

Swansea University Author: Matthew Wall Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1017/S0007123413000513

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This article examines whether voters’ use of the internet as a source of political news affects the degree to which they are certain of their vote choice in national-level elections. It uses data covering the 2011 general election in Ireland, linking geographical data on broadband coverage with indi...

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Published in: British Journal of Political Science
Published: 2015
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