Blogging, bridging, and brokering: Analyzing interconnected networks in online collective actions

Proceedings - Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yuce, Serpil T ^a   Agarwal, Nitin ^a   Wigand, Rolf T ^b   Lim, Merlyna ^c   Robinson, Rebecca S ^c  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogs; Collective action; Female; Inter network cooperation; Methodology; Muslim; Sexual harassment; Social network; Women to drive

Indexed keywords

BLOGS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DIGITAL STORAGE; INTERNET;

COLLECTIVE ACTION; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSLIM; NETWORK COOPERATION; SEXUAL HARASSMENT;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84928494270     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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