Syrian refugees and information precarity

New Media and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 240-254

  Wall, Melissa ^a   Otis Campbell, Madeline ^b   Janbek, Dana ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LASELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phone; Jordan; mobile phone; precarity; refugees; Syria

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011620989     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444815591967     Document Type: Article

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