Social media and mobilization to offline demonstrations: Transcending participatory divides?

New Media and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 890-908

  Enjolras, Bernard ^a   Steen Johnsen, Kari ^a   Wollebæk, Dag ^a  

^a The Institute for Social Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; networks; participation; politics; public demonstrations; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884142504     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444812462844     Document Type: Article

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