Social movement as civic education: communication activities and understanding of civil disobedience in the Umbrella Movement

Chinese Journal of Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 393-411

  Lee, Francis L F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Civil disobedience; Oppositional political knowledge; Political discussion; Social media; Social movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949529216     PISSN: 17544750     EISSN: 17544769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2015.1057192     Document Type: Article

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