Young people, the internet and political participation: Findings of a web survey in italy, spain and the netherlands

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 879-898

  Calenda, Davide ^a   Meijer, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Europe; Political participation; Web survey; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249095615     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180802158508     Document Type: Article

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