Bystanders, Public Opinion, and the Media

The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 242-261

  Gamson, William A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nature of bystanders; Public opinion; Role of mass media; Social movements; Symbolic interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889438811     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470999103.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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