An opportunity for engagement in cyberspace: Political youth Web sites during the 2004 European Parliament election campaign

Information Polity

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 233-246

  Ward, Janelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

election campaigns; Electoral politics; young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249170357     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ip-2005-0079     Document Type: Article

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