The self-organization of cyberprotest

WIT Transactions on Information and Communication Technologies

Volumn 36, Issue , 2006, Pages 275-295

  Fuchs, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Complexity; Cyberprotest; Online activism; Self organization; Social movements

Indexed keywords

ONLINE SYSTEMS; SELF ORGANIZING STORAGE;

CYBERPROTEST; ONLINE ACTIVISM; SELF-ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENTS;

INTERNET;

EID: 36148952178     PISSN: 17433517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/IS060271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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