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Embracing Digital Democracy: A Call for Building an Online Civic Commons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

John Gastil  and
Robert C. Richards Jr.
John Gastil
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
Robert C. Richards Jr.
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
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Symposium: Civic Engagement and Civic Technology
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 50 , Issue 3 , July 2017 , pp. 758 - 763
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