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The Google voter: search engines and elections in the new media ecology

Filippo TrevisanSchool of Communication, American University, Washington, DC,USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Andrew HoskinsCollege of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UKView further author information
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Sarah OatesPhilip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2154-0121View further author information
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Dounia MahloulyDepartment of War Studies, King’s College, London, UKView further author information
Pages 111-128 | Received 18 Mar 2016, Accepted 11 Nov 2016, Published online: 01 Dec 2016

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