Searching the net: Web sites' qualities in the global justice movement

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 771-792

  Porta, Donatella Della ^a   Mosca, Lorenzo ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Global justice movement; Political use of the internet; Qualities of web sites; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249103681     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180802109063     Document Type: Article

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