Nation-building and the diaspora on Leonenet: A case of Sierra Leone in cyberspace

New Media and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 497-518

  Tynes, Robert ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaspora; Nation building; Sierra Leone; Virtual community; Virtual nation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248581088     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444807076980     Document Type: Article

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