Of Attitudes and engagement: Clarifying the reciprocal relationship between civic attitudes and political participation

Journal of Communication

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 318-343

  Gastil, John ^a   Xenos, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; COMPLEXITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 77954118863     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2010.01484.x     Document Type: Article

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