Teens’ social media use and collective action

New Media and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 883-902

  Seo, Hyunjin ^a   Houston, J Brian ^b   Knight, Leigh Anne Taylor ^c   Kennedy, Emily J ^a   Inglish, Alexandra B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Kansas City AIDS Research Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Collective self esteem; Flash mob; Need to belong; Self efficacy; Social media; Teen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927597838     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444813495162     Document Type: Article

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