Protesting the lockdown: geo-indexing a movement publicly opposing Covid-19 policies on Facebook.
The Covid-19 pandemic saw restrictions being implemented to curb the spread of the virus. This seeded anti-lockdown demonstrations across the globe. Leveraging network, quantitative and qualitative textual analysis tools, we scrutinize the expression of opposition to these restrictions on 96 public...
| Publicado en: | Social Movement Studies Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 695 - 719 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2024
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