Networks of terror: Theoretical assumptions and pragmatic consequences;Netzwerke des Terrors: Theoretische Annahmen und pragmatische Konsequenzen

Communication Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-124

  Stohl, Cynthia ^a   Stohl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247133250     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: 14682885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2007.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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