Analyzing online political discussion using three models of democratic communication

New Media and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1172-1190

  Freelon, Deen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Communitarian; Deliberation; Democracy; Internet forums; Online discussion; Public sphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349299499     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444809357927     Document Type: Article

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