Social Media and the Arab Spring: Politics Comes First

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-137

  Wolfsfeld, Gadi ^a   Segev, Elad ^b   Sheafer, Tamir ^c  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab Spring; new media; PMP principle; protest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874762827     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161212471716     Document Type: Article

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