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SECTION 2: Participation, Movements & Engagement

THE TREND OF CLASS, RACE, AND ETHNICITY IN SOCIAL MEDIA INEQUALITY

Who still cannot afford to blog?

Jen Schradie Department of Sociology, UC Berkeley, 410 Barrows Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1980, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 555-571 | Received 07 Feb 2012, Accepted 07 Feb 2012, Published online: 13 Mar 2012

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