Is a new worldwide Web possible? An explorative comparison of the use of ICTs by two South African social movements

African Studies Review

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-131

  Wasserman, Herman ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 57749162361     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/arw.2005.0144     Document Type: Review

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