Reconceptualizing collective action in the contemporary media environment

Communication Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 365-388

  Bimber, Bruce ^a,b   Flanagin, Andrew J ^c   Stohl, Cynthia ^b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; MEDIA ROLE;

EID: 27844568169     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: 14682885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ct/15.4.365     Document Type: Article

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