Political Facebook groups: Micro-activism and the digital front stage

First Monday

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Marichal, Jose ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Facebook; Miroactivism; Political identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891896635     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v18i12.4653     Document Type: Article

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