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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
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
Robert C. Richards Jr.
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University

Abstract

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Symposium: Civic Engagement and Civic Technology
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2017 

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