Civility, Anonymity and the Breakdown of a New Public Sphere

Reader comment forums of online newspapers, a relatively new feature of online journalism, have been called spaces of public deliberation. At their inception among large newspapers just five years ago, the forums were heralded as a new way for the public to advance public dialogue by sharing opinion...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Santana, Arthur
Other Authors: Russial, John
Language:en_US
Published: University of Oregon 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12420