Active participation or just more information? Young people's take-up of opportunities to act and interact on the Internet

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-314

  Livingstone, Sonia ^a   Bober, Magdalena ^a   Helsper, Ellen J ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b Annenberg School of Communication   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic; Interactivity; Internet; Participation; Political; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944496483     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180500259103     Document Type: Review

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