From the Blackhand Side: Twitter as a Cultural Conversation

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 529-549

  Brock, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 84871246951     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838151.2012.732147     Document Type: Article

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