Islamophobia and twitter: A typology of online hate against muslims on social media

Policy and Internet

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 133-150

  Awan, Imran ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anti Muslim prejudice; cyber hate; hate crime; Islamophobia; online hate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903642729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1944-2866.POI364     Document Type: Article

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