Analysis of YouTube videos used by activists in the Uyghur nationalist movement: Combining quantitative and qualitative methods

Journal of Contemporary China

Volumn 20, Issue 69, 2011, Pages 205-229

  Vergani, Matteo ^a   Zuev, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POPULAR PROTEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 79551716562     PISSN: 10670564     EISSN: 14699400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2011.541628     Document Type: Article

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