The online citizen-consumer: Addressing young people's political consumption through technology

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 513-526

  Ward, Janelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Citizen consumer; Political consumerism; UK; Websites; Youth engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249164089     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260802282984     Document Type: Article

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