Reality TV as a trigger of everyday political talk in the net-based public sphere

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-32

  Graham, Todd ^a   Hajru, Auli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

citizenship; life politics; political talk; popular culture; public sphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952782895     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: 14603705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323110394858     Document Type: Article

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