America's youth and community engagement: How use of mass media is related to civic activity and political awareness in 14- to 22-year-olds

Communication Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 115-135

  Pasek, Josh ^a,c   Kenski, Kate ^b   Romer, Daniel ^a,c   Jamieson, Kathleen Hall ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Annenberg School for Communication   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic participation; Media use; Political awareness; Social capital; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646404341     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650206287073     Document Type: Article

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