Social News Sites as Democratic Media: An evaluative study of Reddit's coverage of the 2012 US presidential election campaign

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Social News Sites as Democratic Media : An evaluative study of Reddit's coverage of the 2012 US presidential election campaign . / Szabo, András.

København : Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet, 2013. 256 p.

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Harvard

Szabo, A 2013, Social News Sites as Democratic Media: An evaluative study of Reddit's coverage of the 2012 US presidential election campaign . Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet, København.

APA

Szabo, A. (2013). Social News Sites as Democratic Media: An evaluative study of Reddit's coverage of the 2012 US presidential election campaign . Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet.

Vancouver

Szabo A. Social News Sites as Democratic Media: An evaluative study of Reddit's coverage of the 2012 US presidential election campaign . København: Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet, 2013. 256 p.

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Szabo, András. / Social News Sites as Democratic Media : An evaluative study of Reddit's coverage of the 2012 US presidential election campaign . København : Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet, 2013. 256 p.

Bibtex

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