To reinforce or to mobilize? Tracing the impact of Internet use on civic engagement in Taiwan

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 351, Issue , 2008, Pages 394-401

  Chen, Don Yun ^a   Lee, Chung Pin ^a  

^a Department of Public Administration ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Democratic consolidation; E democracy; E Government; ICTs; Internet

Indexed keywords

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION; E-DEMOCRACY; E-GOVERNMENT; ICTS;

ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; INTERNET; REINFORCEMENT;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70349135511     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1509096.1509178     Document Type: Conference Paper

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