Public discourse, community concerns, and civic engagement: Exploring black social networking traditions on BlackPlanet.com

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 319-340

  Byrne, Dara N ^a,b  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; COMMUNITY SERVICES; CONTENT ANALYSIS; MOBILISATION; ON-LINE NETWORK; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES; SOCIAL-NETWORKING; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 37249016502     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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