Does Disagreement Contribute to More Deliberative Opinion?

Political Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 95-112

  Price, Vincent ^a   Cappella, Joseph N ^a   Nir, Lilach ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disagreement; Opinion quality; Political discussion; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036115506     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105846002317246506     Document Type: Review

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