New social media: Modernisation and democratisation in Russia

European Politics and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 95-110

  David, Maxine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Democratisation; Modernisation; New technologies; Russia; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940191002     PISSN: 23745118     EISSN: 23745126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15705854.2014.965892     Document Type: Article

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