Virtual Uprisings: On the Interaction of New Social Media, Traditional Media Coverage and Urban Space during the ‘Arab Spring’

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2018-2034

  AlSayyad, Nezar ^a   Guvenc, Muna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab Spring; social media; social mobilisation; urban space; urban uprising

Indexed keywords

ARAB WORLD; MEDIA INDUSTRY; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN SOCIETY;

EGYPT; TUNISIA; YEMEN;

EID: 84937061209     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013505881     Document Type: Article

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