A call to educate, participate, invoke and indict: Understanding the communication of online hate groups

Communication Monographs

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-280

  McNamee, Lacy G ^a   Peterson, Brittany L ^b   Peña, Jorge ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremist groups; Grounded theory; Group communication; Hate groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952474568     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637751003758227     Document Type: Article

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