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How did our diarists themselves describe their overall orientation to a world beyond the private? Specifically, how did they conceive of democracy in contemporary Britain and their position in it? In this chapter, we listen in more detail to diarists’ voices on these fundamental questions.

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© 2010 Nick Couldry, Sonia Livingstone and Tim Markham

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Couldry, N., Livingstone, S., Markham, T. (2010). Democracy Seen from Afar. In: Media Consumption and Public Engagement. Consumption and Public Life. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230800823_8

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