PROBING THE IMPLICATIONS OF FACEBOOK USE FOR THE ORGANIZATIONAL FORM OF SOCIAL MOVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1306-1327

  Mercea, Dan ^a  

^a THE HAGUE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

organizational studies; social media; social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883479760     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2013.770050     Document Type: Article

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