Democracy in the digital communication environment: A typology proposal of political monitoring processes

International Journal of Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2448-2468

  Feenstra, Ramón A ^a   Casero Ripollés, Andreu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Democracy; Digital environment; Journalism; Monitoring; New media; Online activism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011617236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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