Performing citizenship online: Identity, subactivism and participation

Observatorio

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-119

  Mascheroni, Giovanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Civic cultures; Convergence culture; Social network sites; Subactivism; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879835441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16465954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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