The myth of ‘us’: digital networks, political change and the production of collectivity

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 608-626

  Couldry, Nick ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

digital networks; myth; political change; social media; social movements; time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928761190     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2014.979216     Document Type: Article

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