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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

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Pages 1698-1719 | Received 06 May 2016, Accepted 25 Oct 2016, Published online: 14 Nov 2016

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