The contribution of websites and blogs to the students' protest communication tactics during the 2010 UK university occupations

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1477-1513

  Theocharis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

internet; online activism; online participation; political activism; student protests; websites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884278047     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2012.706315     Document Type: Article

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