Political individualization: New media as an escape from family control over political behavior

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 660-683

  Calenda, Davide ^a   Meijer, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ICTs; identity; mobile technology; politics; young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859154574     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.516365     Document Type: Article

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