Social media definition and the governance challenge: An introduction to the special issue

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 745-750

  Obar, Jonathan A ^a,b   Wildman, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION POLICIES; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84948661070     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2015.07.014     Document Type: Editorial

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