THIS PROTEST WILL BE TWEETED: Twitter and protest policing during the Pittsburgh G20

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 459-478

  Earl, Jennifer ^a   McKee Hurwitz, Heather ^b   Mejia Mesinas, Analicia ^c   Tolan, Margaret ^d   Arlotti, Ashley ^a  

^a School of Sociology Social Sciences 400   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d not available   (Argentina)

Author keywords

information asymmetry; protest; protest policing; repression; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876345899     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2013.777756     Document Type: Article

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