Online political debate, unbounded citizenship, and the problematic nature of a transnational public sphere

Political Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-196

  Cammaerts, Bart ^a   Van Audenhove, Leo ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Debate; Interactive forums; Public sphere; Transnational civil society

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944402866     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600590933188     Document Type: Article

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