The dark side of the web: Italian right-wing extremist groups and the internet

South European Society and Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-294

  Caiani, Manuela ^a   Parenti, Linda ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Icts; Network analysis; Political violence; Radicalisation; Right wing extremism; Websites content analysis

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; INTERNET; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL ORGANIZATION; VIOLENCE;

ITALY;

EID: 77954821755     PISSN: 13608746     EISSN: 17439612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13608740903342491     Document Type: Article

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