Social media and symbolic action: Exploring participation in the facebook red equal sign profile picture campaign

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-66

  Penney, Joel ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Politics; Qualitative; Social Practice

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ACTIVISM; FACEBOOK; POLITIC; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATIONS; QUALITATIVE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS; SOCIAL PRACTICES; SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCES;

LADDERS;

EID: 84922971650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12092     Document Type: Article

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