Internet and social movement action repertoires: Opportunities and limitations

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1146-1171

  van Laer, Jeroen ^a   van Aelst, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action repertoires; Internet; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649662356     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691181003628307     Document Type: Article

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