Rocking the Youth Vote Through Debate: Examining the effects of a citizen versus journalist controlled debate on civic engagement

Journalism Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-163

  McKinney, Mitchell S ^a   Banwart, Mary C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic Engagement; Debates; Political Efficacy; Rock the Vote; Young Voters

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247558153     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700500057171     Document Type: Article

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