Public opinion revisited: The propagation of opinions in digital networks

Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 185-201

  Bastos, Marco Toledo ^a  

^a Cidade Universitária   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Digital networks; Internet; Media matrix; Propaganda; Public opinion; Public sphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924975221     PISSN: 17519411     EISSN: 1751942X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/jammr.4.2-3.185_1     Document Type: Article

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