A forgotten tweet: Somalia and social media

Ecquid Novi

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-82

  Cooley, Skye ^a   Jones, Amy ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Union; Humanitarian crisis; Situational crisis communication theory; Social media outlets; Somalia; United Nations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878246429     PISSN: 02560054     EISSN: 19420773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02560054.2013.767425     Document Type: Article

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