Democratic media activism through the lens of social movement theory

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Carroll, William K ^a   Hackett, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collective action; Democratization of communication; Mass communication; Mobilization; Movements; Public sphere; Subaltern counter publics

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044451008     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443706059289     Document Type: Review

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