Killing the bill online? Pathways to young people's protest engagement via social media

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 579-584

  MacAfee, Timothy ^a   De Simone, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; POLITICS; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; SOCIAL MEDIA; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869029806     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0153     Document Type: Article

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