Political discussion frequency, network size, and "heterogeneity" of discussion as predictors of political knowledge and participation

Journal of Communication

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-224

  Eveland, William P ^a   Hively, Myiah Hutchens ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HETEROGENEITY; KNOWLEDGE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

EID: 68049110377     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2009.01412.x     Document Type: Article

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