Analyzing political activists' organization practices: Findings from a long term case study of the european social forum

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 265-304

  Saeed, Saqib ^a   Rohde, Markus ^a   Wulf, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community informatics; Ethnographic case study; Meta coordination; Political organizing; Social movements and ICTs; Technology and the third sector

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY INFORMATICS; ETHNOGRAPHIC CASE STUDY; META-COORDINATION; POLITICAL ORGANIZING; SOCIAL MOVEMENTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84855470127     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: 15737551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-011-9144-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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