Social activism in the 'Blackosphere': The Jena 6 case

Interpersonal Relations and Social Patterns in Communication Technologies: Discourse Norms, Language Structures and Cultural Variables

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 18-31

  Kvasny, Lynette ^a   Payton, Fay Cobb ^b   Hales, Kayla D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-827-2.ch002     Document Type: Chapter

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