The belly of the city: Alternative communicative city networks

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 237-255

  Carpentier, Nico ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alternative media; Civil society; Communicative city; Community Wi Fi; Participation; Rhizome; Translocal; Urban community

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949133775     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048508089950     Document Type: Article

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