Capabilities and limitations of protest mobilization through the social networks

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Capabilities and limitations of protest mobilization through the social networks. / Nikiforov, A.A.

In: SENTENTIA. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2014, p. 360-369.

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Nikiforov, A.A. / Capabilities and limitations of protest mobilization through the social networks. In: SENTENTIA. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 2014 ; Vol. 6, No. 4. pp. 360-369.

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