South korean democracy in the digital age: The candlelight protests and the internet

Korea Observer

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-83

  Kim, Yong Cheol ^a,b   Kim, June Woo ^a,c  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Candlelight protest; Internet; South korean democracy; U.S. beef imports

Indexed keywords

EID: 66349138721     PISSN: 00233919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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