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Der Einfluss von Google, Facebook & Co. Zur Veränderung der gesellschaftlich-politischen Meinungs- und Willensbildung

Merten, L.; Hoelig, S.; Hasebrink, U.;Schmidt, J.-H. (2018): Der Einfluss von Google, Facebook & Co. Zur Veränderung der gesellschaftlich-politischen Meinungs- und Willensbildung [The Influence of Google, Facebook & Co. On the Change of the Socio-Political Opinion Formation and Decision-Making Process]. In: Politikum 3(4), pp. 20-28.

Merten, L.; Hoelig, S.; Hasebrink, U.;Schmidt, J.-H. (2018): Der Einfluss von Google, Facebook & Co. Zur Veränderung der gesellschaftlich-politischen Meinungs- und Willensbildung [The Influence of Google, Facebook & Co. On the Change of the Socio-Political Opinion Formation and Decision-Making Process]. In: Politikum 3(4), pp. 20-28.

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Authors

Dr. Sascha Hölig • Prof. em. Dr. Uwe Hasebrink • Dr. Lisa Merten • PD Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt

Year of publication

2018

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Google • Facebook • opinion formation

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