Rethinking the public/virtual sphere: The problem with participation

New Media and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 739-754

  Goldberg, Greg ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

copyright; democracy; economy; participation; peer to peer; power; public sphere; virtual sphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960908309     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444810379862     Document Type: Article

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