Qualitative interviews with journalists about deliberative public engagement

Journalism Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-81

  Besley, John C ^a   Roberts, M Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deliberation; In depth interviews; Journalism; Public participation; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952861408     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512780903172031     Document Type: Article

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