Communication and political mobilization: Digital media and the organization of anti-Iraq war demonstrations in the U.S.

Political Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-289

  Lance Bennett, W ^a   Breunig, Christian ^b   Givens, Terri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital media and protest; Internet and politics; Political networks; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849116275     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600802197434     Document Type: Article

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