The emerging viewertariat and bbc question time: Television debate and real-time commenting online

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 440-462

  Anstead, Nick ^a   O'Loughlin, Ben ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

media audiences; news events; political participation; public opinion; public sphere; television debates

Indexed keywords

EID: 80655147922     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161211415519     Document Type: Article

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