Everyday resistance on the internet: The Palestinian context

Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-130

  Aouragh, Miriyam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyber intifada; Everyday life; Internet activism; Online resistance; Transnationalism; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952509799     PISSN: 17519411     EISSN: 1751942X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/jammr.1.2.109_1     Document Type: Article

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