Media participation: A legitimizing mechanism of mass democracy

New Media and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 357-380

  Bucy, Erik P ^a   Gregson, Kimberly S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen empowerment; Media participation; New media formats; Political legitimacy; Political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035599032     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14614440122226137     Document Type: Article

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