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Campaigning in the fourth age of political communication. A multi-method study on the use of Facebook by German and Austrian parties in the 2013 national election campaigns

Melanie MaginDepartment of Communication, University of Mainz, Mainz, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nicole PodschuweitDepartment of Communication, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
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Jörg HaßlerDepartment of Communication, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Uta RussmannFHWien of WKW, University of Applied Sciences for Management & Communication, Vienna, Austria
Pages 1698-1719 | Received 06 May 2016, Accepted 25 Oct 2016, Published online: 14 Nov 2016

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