User-generated video and the online public sphere: Will you tube facilitate digital freedom of expression in Atlantic Canada?

American Communication Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Milliken, Mary ^a   Gibson, Kerri ^a,b   O'Donnell, Susan ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic Canada; Community membership; Engagement; Freedom of expression; Internet; Public sphere; Regionalism; User generated online video; YouTube

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350306231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15325865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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