THE NEWS MEDIA AS NETWORKED POLITICAL ACTORS: How Italian media are reclaiming political ground by harnessing online participation

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 981-997

  Vaccari, Cristian ^a  

^a Facoltà di Scienze Politiche 'Roberto Ruffilli'   (Italy)

Author keywords

computer mediated communication; e democracy; ICTs; media studies; politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859136516     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2011.572984     Document Type: Article

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