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Microblogging, Constituency Service and Impression Management: UK MPs and the Use of Twitter

Nigel Jackson Plymouth Business School, University of Plymouth, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Darren Lilleker Centre for Public Communication Research in the Media School, Bournemouth University, UK E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 86-105 | Published online: 24 Feb 2011

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