Civic engagement, interpersonal trust, and television use: An individual-level assessment of social capital

Political Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 469-496

  Shah, Dhavan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Media uses and gratifications; Political participations; Social capital; Television; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032148420     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895x.00114     Document Type: Article

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