Sourcing the Arab spring: A case study of Andy Carvin's sources on twitter during the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 479-499

  Hermida, Alfred ^a   Lewis, Seth C ^b   Zamith, Rodrigo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andy Carvin; Arab spring; Gatekeeping; Journalism; Sourcing; Twitter

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

ANDY CARVIN; ARAB SPRING; CASE-STUDIES; EGYPTIANS; GATEKEEPING; JOURNALISM; SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS; SOURCING; SOURCING PRACTICES; TWITTER;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84898048718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12074     Document Type: Article

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