Political debate on weblogs: a virtual public sphere for deliberation?

Taking as reference the deliberative democracy model, my aim is to assess the democratic potential of online discursive spaces to 1) characterize the communication observed within them and 2) critically evaluate that potential and ask whether or not blogging is consistent with the main theoretical n...

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Main Author: Gil Baptista Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade da Beira Interior 2011-12-01
Series:Estudos em Comunicação
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Online Access:http://www.ec.ubi.pt/ec/10/pdf/EC10-2011Dez-12.pdf