The language of online leadership: Gender and youth Engagement on the Internet.

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 436-449

  Cassell, Justine ^a,d   Huffaker, David ^a   Tversky, Dona ^b   Ferriman, Kim ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northwestern University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents and Internet; Civic engagement; Computer mediated communication; Online communities; Youth leadership

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; LEADERSHIP; LINGUISTICS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS; LANGUAGE; LEADERSHIP; LINGUISTICS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33746860362     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.3.436     Document Type: Article

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