Who participates in the "public square" and does it matter?

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 792-803

  Goidel, Robert Kirby ^a   Freeman, Craig Malcolm ^a   Procopio, Steven ^a   Zewe, Charles F ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57349196591     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfn043     Document Type: Review

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