Social networks and globalization: Facebook, YouTube and the impact of online communities on France's protectionist policies

French Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-214

  Warlaumont, Hazel G ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

France; globalization; Internet; online activism; protectionism; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956271135     PISSN: 14763419     EISSN: 14763427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/fp.2010.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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