Information, expression, participation: How involvement in user- generated content relates to democratic engagement among young people

New Media and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1004-1021

  Östman, Johan ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

internet use; political knowledge; political participation; user generated content; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861362588     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444812438212     Document Type: Article

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