Discussions in the comments section: Factors influencing participation and interactivity in online newspapers’ reader comments

New Media and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 941-957

  Weber, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Interactivity; News factors; Online discussion value; Participation; Participatory journalism; Public sphere; User comments; User generated content

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927587114     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444813495165     Document Type: Article

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