Making friends and enemies on social media: The case of gun policy organizations

Online Information Review

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 624-642

  Merry, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo chambers; Framing; Gun policy; Polarization; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

POLARIZATION;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; ECHO CHAMBERS; FRAMING; HASHTAGS; INTEREST GROUPS; NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATIONS; SOCIAL MEDIA; TWITTER;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CONTENT ANALYSIS; FRIEND; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; POLARIZATION; PREVENTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84986276777     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/OIR-10-2015-0333     Document Type: Article

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