Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are Changing Nonprofit Advocacy

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-79

  Guo, Chao ^a   Saxton, Gregory D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Internet; new media; nonprofit advocacy; organizational communication; public relations; social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887855270     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764012471585     Document Type: Article

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