Digital media and the personalization of collective action: Social technology and the organization of protests against the global economic crisis

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 770-799

  Bennett, W Lance ^a   Segerberg, Alexandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collective action; Digital media; Globalization; Networks; Personalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961050020     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2011.579141     Document Type: Article

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