Young people's attitudes towards British political advertising nurturing or impeding voter engagement

Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 129-149

  Dermody, Janine ^a   Scullion, Richard ^b  

^a Cheltenham Gloucester College of Higher Education   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Election campaigns; Electoral malaise; Liberal democracy; Negative political advertising; Political advertising; Political attitudes; Political cynicism; Political distrust; Voter engagement; Youth voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747592776     PISSN: 10495142     EISSN: 15406997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J054v14n01_08     Document Type: Article

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