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SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SECTION

MOBILIZING FRIENDS AND STRANGERS

Understanding the role of the Internet in the Step It Up day of action

Dana R. Fisher Department of Sociology, Columbia University, 701 Knox Hall; Mail Code 9649, 606 W. 122nd Street, New York, NY, 10027, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Marije Boekkooi
Pages 193-208 | Received 23 Nov 2008, Published online: 22 Mar 2010

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