The labour of communicating publics: Participatory platforms, socio-technical intermediaries and pluralistic expertise

Communication and the Public

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 210-225

  Swist, Teresa ^c   Magee, Liam ^a   Phuong, Judy ^c   Sweeting, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bangladesh; hybrid city; participatory platforms; platform analysis; socio technical expertise; young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051831801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20570481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2057047317719294     Document Type: Article

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