A Tale of Two Blogospheres: Discursive Practices on the Left and Right

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 459-487

  Shaw, Aaron ^a   Benkler, Yochai ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

blogs; politics; prosumption; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858729004     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764211433793     Document Type: Article

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