Democracy in an age of viral reality: A media epidemiography of Spain's indignados movement

Ethnography

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-69

  Postill, John ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

15M; democracy; ethnography; indignados; media epidemiography; Spain; techno politics; viral reality; virals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894555826     PISSN: 14661381     EISSN: 17412714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466138113502513     Document Type: Article

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