On-line democracy or on-line demagoguery? Public opinion "polls" on the internet

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 71-86

  Wu, Wei ^a   Weaver, David ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031537043     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X97002004006     Document Type: Article

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