Taking tweets to the streets: A spatial analysis of the vinegar protests in Brazil

First Monday

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Bastos, Marco Toledo ^a   Recuero, Raquel da Cunha ^b   Zago, Gabriela da Silva ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

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EID: 84896866114     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v19i3.5227     Document Type: Article

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