The structural features and the deliberative quality of online discussions

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 74-86

  Zhang, Weiyu ^a   Cao, Xiaoxia ^b   Tran, Minh Ngoc ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deliberative democracy; Diversity; Internet; Moderation; Mutual respect; Online political discussions; Reason giving; Structural features of online spaces

Indexed keywords

DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY; DIVERSITY; MODERATION; MUTUAL RESPECT; ONLINE POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS; REASON-GIVING; STRUCTURAL FEATURE;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; INTERNET;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84869503922     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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