News blogs: Strengthening democracy through conflict prevention

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-184

  Touri, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict; Democracy; Electronic media; Information media; Politics

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; DEMOCRACY; ELECTRONIC MEDIA; INFORMATION MEDIA; POLITICS;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MILITARY OPERATIONS;

INTERNET;

EID: 66749084429     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530910946910     Document Type: Article

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