Engaging with European Politics through Twitter and Facebook: Participation beyond the National?

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Engaging with European Politics through Twitter and Facebook : Participation beyond the National? . / Bossetta, Michael; Dutceac Segesten, Anamaria; Trenz, Hans-Jörg.

Social media and European Politics: Rethinking Power and Legitimacy in the Digital Era. red. / Mauro Barisione; Asimina Michailidou . London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. s. 53-75 (Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology).

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Bossetta, M, Dutceac Segesten, A & Trenz, H-J 2017, Engaging with European Politics through Twitter and Facebook: Participation beyond the National? . i M Barisione & A Michailidou (red), Social media and European Politics: Rethinking Power and Legitimacy in the Digital Era. Palgrave Macmillan, London, Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology, s. 53-75. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59890-5

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Bossetta, M., Dutceac Segesten, A., & Trenz, H-J. (2017). Engaging with European Politics through Twitter and Facebook: Participation beyond the National? . I M. Barisione, & A. Michailidou (red.), Social media and European Politics: Rethinking Power and Legitimacy in the Digital Era (s. 53-75). Palgrave Macmillan. Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59890-5

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Bossetta M, Dutceac Segesten A, Trenz H-J. Engaging with European Politics through Twitter and Facebook: Participation beyond the National? . I Barisione M, Michailidou A, red., Social media and European Politics: Rethinking Power and Legitimacy in the Digital Era. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2017. s. 53-75. (Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology). https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59890-5

Author

Bossetta, Michael ; Dutceac Segesten, Anamaria ; Trenz, Hans-Jörg. / Engaging with European Politics through Twitter and Facebook : Participation beyond the National? . Social media and European Politics: Rethinking Power and Legitimacy in the Digital Era. red. / Mauro Barisione ; Asimina Michailidou . London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. s. 53-75 (Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology).

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