New media and fat democracy: The paradox of online participation

New Media and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 745-761

  Davis, Aeron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communicative links; democracy; engagement; political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955579362     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444809341435     Document Type: Article

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