Potential for social media to challenge gender-based violence in India: a quantitative analysis of Twitter use

Tilly A. Gurman; Catherine Nichols; Elyssa S. Greenberg

doi:10.1080/13552074.2018.1473230

Potential for social media to challenge gender-based violence in India: a quantitative analysis of Twitter use

Tilly A. Gurman, Catherine Nichols, Elyssa S. Greenberg

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Original language	American English
Journal	Gender & Development
Volume	26
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2018.1473230
State	Published - May 4 2018

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