The political use of the Internet: Some insights from two surveys of Italian students

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-47

  Calenda, Davide ^a   Mosca, Lorenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Political orientation; Political participation; Political use of the Internet; Students; Survey; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847376745     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180701193028     Document Type: Review

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