Power and resistance: A case study of satire on the Internet

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 10-18

  Tang, Lijun ^a   Bhattacharya, Syamantak ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCTV; China; Empowerment; Internet Control; Internet Incident; Online Activism; Subversion; Symbolic Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959320034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.2375     Document Type: Article

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