The role of social networking sites (SNSs) in the January 25th Revolution in Egypt

Library Review

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 128-159

  Mansour, Essam ^a  

^a South Valley University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Egyptian Revolution; Internet; Internet use; Social media; Social networking sites; Social unrest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857974680     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242531211220753     Document Type: Article

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