The Social Media Basis of Youth Protest Behavior: The Case of Chile

Journal of Communication

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 299-314

  Valenzuela, Sebastián ^a   Arriagada, Arturo ^b   Scherman, Andrés ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; POPULAR PROTEST; SOCIAL NETWORK; YOUNG POPULATION;

CHILE;

EID: 84859304568     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01635.x     Document Type: Article

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