The limits of networks as models for organizing the social

New Media and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 603-617

  Mejias, Ulises A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical theory; ICT; Networks; New media; Public sphere; Social network analysis; Technology and society

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953721569     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444809341392     Document Type: Article

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