Italy’s “Five Stars” movement and the role of a leader: Or, how charismatic power can resurface through the web

New Media and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1043-1058

  Miconi, Andrea ^a  

^a IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italian politics; political communication; power; power law; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937239486     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444814520872     Document Type: Article

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