Social media, riots, and revolutions

Capital and Class

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 383-391

  Fuchs, Christian ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arab Spring; revolution; Social media; UK riots

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875425879     PISSN: 03098168     EISSN: 20410980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309816812453613     Document Type: Article

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