Digital and networked by default? Women’s organisations and the social imaginary of networked feminism

New Media and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 989-1005

  Fotopoulou, Aristea ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectivity; digital sisterhood; networked feminism; political engagement; social imaginary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966692530     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444814552264     Document Type: Article

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