Internet use and political participation: Reflections on the mobilization/normalization controversy

Information Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Hirzalla, Fadi ^a   van Zoonen, Liesbet ^b   de Ridder, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital divide; E democracy; Mobilization; Normalization; Political interest; Political knowledge; Vote advice applications

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651100350     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2011.534360     Document Type: Article

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