Social media and the 2011 Vancouver riot

Studies in Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 335-362

  Schneider, Christopher J ^a   Trottier, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective behavior; Crime; Facebook; Riot; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905240458     PISSN: 01632396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0163-2396(2013)0000040018     Document Type: Article

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