Social media and Turkish feminism: New resources for social activism

Feminist Media Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 860-870

  Eslen Ziya, Hande ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lobbying; networking; social media; Turkish women's NGOs; women's activism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888090125     PISSN: 14680777     EISSN: 14715902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2013.838369     Document Type: Article

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