Collective action in the age of the internet: Mass communication and online mobilization

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 290-301

  Postmes, Tom ^a,b   Brunsting, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Collective action; Internet; Mass communication; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047688854     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089443930202000306     Document Type: Article

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