The whole online world is watching: Profiling social networking sites and activists in China, Latin America, and the United States

International Journal of Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 298-321

  Harp, Dustin ^a   Bachmann, Ingrid ^b   Guo, Lei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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