Online youth civic attitudes and the limits of civic consumerism: The emerging challenge to the internet's democratic potential

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-245

  Gerodimos, Roman ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

civic websites; consumerism; everyday life; non governmental organisations; online mobilisation; youth engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858602183     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2011.572983     Document Type: Article

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