Online networks of student protest: The case of the living wage campaign

New Media and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 871-891

  Biddix, J Patrick ^a   Han Woo Park, ^b  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Activism; College students; Hyperlink analysis; Information and communication technology (ICT); Mixed methods; Network ethnography; Networked community; Online networks; Social network analysis; Student protest

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849119515     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444808096249     Document Type: Article

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