Public sphere 2.0? The democratic qualities of citizen debates in online newspapers

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 463-487

  Ruiz, Carlos ^a   Domingo, David ^b   Micó, Josep Lluís ^a   Díaz Noci, Javier ^c   Meso, Koldo ^d   Masip, Pere ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

audience participation; comments in news; discursive ethics; participatory journalism; public sphere; user generated content

Indexed keywords

EID: 80655145783     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161211415849     Document Type: Article

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