Mobilising young citizens in the UK: A content analysis of youth and issue websites

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 964-988

  Gerodimos, Roman ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E democracy; Mobilization; Non governmental organizations; Participation; Web content analysis; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949083090     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180802109014     Document Type: Review

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