Social Media New and Old in the Al-'Arakeeb Conflict: A Case Study

Information Society

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 304-315

  Schejter, Amit M ^a,b   Tirosh, Noam ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

activism; Bedouin; impact; Israel; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866873898     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2012.708711     Document Type: Article

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