Role of Internet-based information flows and technologies in electoral revolutions: The case of Ukraine's Orange Revolution

First Monday

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Lysenko, Volodymyr V ^a   Desouza, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 77957814632     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v15i9.2992     Document Type: Article

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