Debating restrictions on embryonic stem cell research: An experimental study of online deliberation and political emotion.
This study investigates the emotional and behavioral effects of interpersonal online communication, focusing on the controversy surrounding the loosening of restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research. The issue, central to national and statewide elections in 2008, generated heated debate amo...
| Publicado en: | Politics & the Life Sciences Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 48 - 69 |
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Association for Politics & the Life Sciences
September 2009
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