From social movements to cloud protesting: the evolution of collective identity

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 887-900

  Milan, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

collective identity; computer mediated communication; politics of visibility; social media; social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934797505     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2015.1043135     Document Type: Article

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