From the Streets to the Internet: The Cyber-Diffusion of Contention

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 566, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 132-143

  Ayres, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0033448923     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000271629956600111     Document Type: Article

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