Agenda setting in civic development: Effects of curricula and issue importance on youth voter turnout

Communication Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 481-502

  Kiousis, Spiro ^a   McDevitt, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Attitude strength; Civic education; Issue importance; Political discussion; Political socialization; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249122588     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650208315978     Document Type: Article

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