Good news for the future? young people, internet use, and political participation

Communication Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 451-470

  Bakker, Tom P ^a   de Vreese, Claes H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Internet; media use; political participation; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959561294     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650210381738     Document Type: Article

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