When Algorithms Shape Collective Action: Social Media and the Dynamics of Cloud Protesting

Social Media and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Milan, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cloud protesting; collective identity; platform politics; social media; social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028642176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20563051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2056305115622481     Document Type: Article

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