May We Have Your Attention Please? Human-Rights NGOs and the Problem of Global Communication

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 135-159

  Thrall, A Trevor ^a   Stecula, Dominik ^b   Sweet, Diana ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

advocacy; Facebook; human rights; news media; NGO; social media; Twitter; YouTube

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896359959     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161213519132     Document Type: Article

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