News, Talk, Opinion, Participation: The Part Played by Conversation in Deliberative Democracy

Political Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 361-385

  Kim, Joohan ^a   Wyatt, Robert O ^b   Katz, Elihu ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistency; Deliberative Democracy; News Media Use; Political Conversation; Political Participation; Public Opinion Quality; Talk; Willingness To Argue

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033248847     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105846099198541     Document Type: Article

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