In search of a strong European public sphere: Some critical observations on conceptualizations of publicness and the (European) public sphere

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 695-714

  Splichal, Slavko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Cosmopolitism; Democracy; Mass media; Publicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747613552     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443706067022     Document Type: Article

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