Internet Use and Democratic Demands: A Multinational, Multilevel Model of Internet Use and Citizen Attitudes About Democracy

Journal of Communication

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 249-265

  Nisbet, Erik C ^a   Stoycheff, Elizabeth ^a   Pearce, Katy E ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; INTERNET; MEDIA ROLE; MODELING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

AFRICA; ASIA;

EID: 84859301983     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01627.x     Document Type: Article

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