Political blogs and blogrolls in Canada: Forums for democratic deliberation?

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-173

  Koop, Royce ^a   Jansen, Harold J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blogging; Democratic deliberation; Online communication; Political discussion

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749090388     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439308326297     Document Type: Article

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