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Social Media and the Activist Toolkit: User Agreements, Corporate Interests, and the Information Infrastructure of Modern Social Movements
dc.contributor.authorYoumans, William Lafien_US
dc.contributor.authorYork, Jillian C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-21T15:48:35Z
dc.date.available2013-06-11T19:15:52Zen_US
dc.date.issued2012-04en_US
dc.identifier.citationYoumans, William Lafi; York, Jillian C. (2012). "Social Media and the Activist Toolkit: User Agreements, Corporate Interests, and the Information Infrastructure of Modern Social Movements." Journal of Communication 62(2). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/91171>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0021-9916en_US
dc.identifier.issn1460-2466en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/91171
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.titleSocial Media and the Activist Toolkit: User Agreements, Corporate Interests, and the Information Infrastructure of Modern Social Movementsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelCommunicationsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109‐1285, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherElectronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, USAen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01636.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Communicationen_US
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