Being a Serial Transnational Activist

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 140-155

  Mercea, Dan ^a   Bastos, Marco T ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Environmental Science and Policy ^*

Author keywords

Celebrity; Diffusion; Disengagement; Frame Clouding; Social Media; Transnational activism

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

CELEBRITY; COLLECTIVE ACTION; DISENGAGEMENT; FRAME CLOUDING; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVISM;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84954289636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12150     Document Type: Article

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