Argument Quality in Public Deliberations

Argumentation and Advocacy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-36

  Steffensmeier, Timothy ^a   Schenck Hamlin, William ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argument; Deliberation; Democracy; Discourse Quality Index; Forum

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956358839     PISSN: 10511431     EISSN: 25768476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028533.2008.11821693     Document Type: Article

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