Investigating participatory dynamics through social media using a multideterminant "frame" Approach: The case of climategate on YouTube

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1024-1041

  Porter, Amanda J ^a   Hellsten, Iina ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Frames; Participation; Social media; Social problems; YouTube

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

COLLECTIVE ACTION; FRAME; MASTER FRAME; PARTICIPATION; RELATIVE VALUE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; YOUTUBE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84904509326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12065     Document Type: Article

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