Citizens Speaking as Experts: Expertise Discourse in Deliberative Forums

Environmental Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 357-369

  Sprain, Leah ^a   Reinig, Lydia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

citizens; communication as design; deliberation; Expertise; grounded practical theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85033714817     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2017.1394894     Document Type: Article

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