Political socialization: Modeling teen political and civic engagement

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 156-175

  Warren, Ron ^a   Wicks, Robert H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Department of Communication ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL THEORY; MEDIA ROLE; MODELING; POLITICS;

EID: 79958168617     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769901108800109     Document Type: Article

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