The labors of internet-assisted activism: Overcommunication, miscommunication, and communicative overload

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 267-280

  Nielsen, Rasmus Kleis ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Campaigns; Elections; Ethnography; ICTs; Internet; Participant observation; Political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950777906     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331680903048840     Document Type: Article

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