Creative use of social media in the revolutions of Tunisia, Egypt & Libya

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 147-158

  Alqudsi Ghabra, Taghreed ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Community Connect; Internet and Globalizing; Social Media; Social Networking; Technology Empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857258982     PISSN: 18331882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1833-1882/cgp/v06i06/52097     Document Type: Article

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