Internet authorship: Social and political implications within kyrgyzstan

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 559-580

  Srinivasan, Ramesh ^a   Fish, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogging; Central Asia; Citizen journalism; Community; Internet; Kyrgyzstan; Social networks; Transnational

Indexed keywords

BLOGS;

BLOGGING; CENTRAL ASIA; CITIZEN JOURNALISM; COMMUNITY; INTERNET SITES; KYRGYZSTAN; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS; SOCIAL IMPLICATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TRANSNATIONAL;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 68249149481     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01453.x     Document Type: Article

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