Design Considerations for Online Deliberation Systems

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-115

  Towne, W Ben ^a   Herbsleb, James D ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative problem solving; CSCW; HCI; informed debate; online deliberation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861014015     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2011.637711     Document Type: Article

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