Deliberativeness of online political discussion: A content analysis of the guangzhou daily website

Journalism Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 759-770

  Zhou, Xiang ^a   Chan, Yuen Ying ^b   Peng, Zhen Mei ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Citizen participation; Deliberativeness; Online discussion; Public sphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978772972     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700802207771     Document Type: Article

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