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Protest leadership in the age of social media

Thomas PoellDepartment of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rasha AbdullaDepartment of Journalism & Mass Communication, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
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Bernhard RiederDepartment of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Robbert WolteringDepartment of Arabic Language and Culture, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Amsterdam Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (ACMES), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Liesbeth ZackDepartment of Arabic Language and Culture, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pages 994-1014 | Received 27 Dec 2014, Accepted 25 Aug 2015, Published online: 23 Sep 2015

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