Activists online and offline: The Internet as an information channel for protest demonstrations

Mobilization

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 347-366

  Van Laer, Jeroen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Politics Research Group   (Belgium)

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EID: 78649677466     PISSN: 1086671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17813/maiq.15.3.8028585100245801     Document Type: Article

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