Digital distrust: Uzbek cynicism and solidarity in the Internet Age

American Ethnologist

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 559-575

  Kendzior, Sarah ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contentious politics; Diaspora; Dissent; Internet; Media; Uzbekistan

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960021211     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2011.01323.x     Document Type: Article

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