Democracy, deliberation and design: the case of online discussion forums

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  New Media & Society

• Publication date

  2007-10-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Computer Science, Political Science

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  DOI 10.1177/1461444807081230
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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