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  • News on the Internet

    Information and Citizenship in the 21st Century

    Series series Oxford Studies in Digital Politics
    Online news sites play an ever-pervasive role in the daily gathering and flow of political information. Media has always played an intermediary role in the way that citizens receive and process news, but, with the speed of information transmission, the segmentation of news sources, and the rise of citizen journalism, issues of authority, audience, and even the definition of “news” have shifted and ... Read more

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  • News on the Internet

    Information and Citizenship in the 21st Century

    Series series Oxford Studies in Digital Politics
    Online news sites play an ever-pervasive role in the daily gathering and flow of political information. Media has always played an intermediary role in the way that citizens receive and process news, but, with the speed of information transmission, the segmentation of news sources, and the rise of citizen journalism, issues of authority, audience, and even the definition of “news” have shifted and ... Read more

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  • John Dewey and the Habits of Ethical Life

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  • Becoming American

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