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Social Movement Studies Volume 16, 2017 - Issue 4: Special Issue: Technology, Media and Social Movements. Editors: Cristina Flesher Fominaya and Kevin Gillan.
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A situated understanding of digital technologies in social movements. Media ecology and media practice approaches

Alice MattoniScuola Normale Superiore, Istituto di Scienze Umane e Sociali, Palazzo Strozzi, FirenzeCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 494-505 | Received 05 Jan 2017, Accepted 22 Mar 2017, Published online: 17 Apr 2017

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