A revolution in 140 Characters? Reflecting on the role of social networking technologies in the 2009 iranian post-election protests

Policy and Internet

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 184-205

  Mueller, Philipp S ^a   Van Huellen, Sophie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective action; Iran; Protest; Revolution; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876698949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/poi3.16     Document Type: Article

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