The impact of mobilization media on off-line and online participation: Are mobilization effects medium-specific?

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-169

  Vissers, Sara ^a,b   Hooghe, Marc ^b   Stolle, Dietlind ^a   Mahéo, Valérie Anne ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

experiments; mobilization; online political participation; political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860184706     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439310396485     Document Type: Article

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