Networked collective action and the institutionalized policy debate: Bringing cyberactivism to the policy arena?

Policy and Internet

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-26

  Milan, Stefania ^a,b   Hintz, Arne ^c,d,e  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Community Communication Section ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e Global Media Plcy Working Grp of the Intl Assoc for Media and Commun Res (IAMCR)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil society participation; Cyberactivism; Internet governance 2013 policy studies organization; Multistakeholder governance; Networked collective action; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876718324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/poi3.20     Document Type: Article

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