A social movement online community: Stormfront and the white nationalist movement

Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages 163-193

  Caren, Neal ^a   Jowers, Kay ^a   Gaby, Sarah ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Identity; Right wing; Social movement communities; Social movement online communities; The Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868336873     PISSN: 0163786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0163-786X(2012)0000033010     Document Type: Article

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