Young people, political participation and online postmaterialism in Greece

New Media and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-223

  Theocharis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

internet; online activism; political participation; postmaterialism; young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952954180     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444810370733     Document Type: Article

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