Is the internet a better public sphere? comparing old and new media in the USA and Germany

New Media and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-160

  Gerhards, Jürgen ^a   Schäfer, Mike S ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Civil society; Content analysis; Internet; Print media; Public sphere; Search engines

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649254853     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444809341444     Document Type: Article

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