Digital media use and participation leadership in social protests: The case of Tiananmen commemoration in Hong Kong

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 879-889

  Lee, Francis L F ^a   Chan, Joseph Man ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Digital media use; Participation leadership; Political participation; Social media; Social protests

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIAL SCIENCES;

COLLECTIVE ACTION; HONG-KONG; MICRO-BLOGGING SERVICES; PARTICIPATION LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL COMMUNICATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATIONS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL PROTESTS;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

EID: 84929376883     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2015.04.013     Document Type: Article

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