Selfies as charitable meme: Charity and national identity in the #nomakeupselfie and #thumbsupforstephen Campaigns

International Journal of Communication

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1788-1805

  Deller, Ruth A ^a   Tilton, Shane ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charity; Gender; Identity; Selfies; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011617131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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