Wave of hope: African American youth use media and engage more civically, politically than whites

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 224-246

  Harp, Dustin ^a   Bachmann, Ingrid ^a   Loke, Jaime ^a   Rosas Moreno, Tania Cantrell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Media usage; Political participation; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955316325     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646175.2010.496662     Document Type: Article

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