#Ferguson is everywhere: initiators in emerging counterpublic networks

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 397-418

  Jackson, Sarah J ^a   Foucault Welles, Brooke ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discourse analysis; Ferguson; network analysis; networked counterpublics; policing; Social media activism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953637693     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2015.1106571     Document Type: Article

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