Managing public outrage: Power, scandal, and new media in contemporary Russia

New Media and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1301-1319

  Toepfl, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

activism; blogs; corruption; hybrid; protest; Russia; scandal; social media; YouTube

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055168309     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444811405021     Document Type: Article

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