The coming colonization of Hong Kong cyberspace: government responses to the use of new technologies by the umbrella movement

Chinese Journal of Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Tsui, Lokman ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Censorship; New technologies; Open Internet; Social movements; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949531840     PISSN: 17544750     EISSN: 17544769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2015.1058834     Document Type: Article

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