Dual effects of the internet on political activism: Reinforcing and mobilizing

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Nam, Taewoo ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic divide; E democracy; Mobilization effect; Political participation; Reinforcement effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 83555168285     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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