The 'Indymedia' experiment: The internet as movement facilitator against institutional control

Convergence

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-82

  Garcelon, Marc ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Independent media; International news; Media regulation; Press freedom

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049167890     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856506061554     Document Type: Article

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