The Framing Of Political NGOs in Wikipedia through Criticism Elimination

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 284-299

  Oboler, Andre ^a,b   Steinberg, Gerald ^a   Stern, Rephael ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CIE ZFA   (Australia)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative content; Framing effect; Public diplomacy; Wikipedia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955503472     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331680903577822     Document Type: Article

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