Cyber vigilantism, transmedia collective intelligence, and civic participation

Chinese Journal of Communication

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 471-487

  Cheong, Pauline Hope ^a   Gong, Jie ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic participation; Collective intelligence; Cyber vigilantism; Emerging media; Human flesh search; Online social networks; Transmediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960925160     PISSN: 17544750     EISSN: 17544769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2010.516580     Document Type: Article

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