Young adults' online participation behaviors: An exploratory study of web 2.0 use for political engagement

Information Polity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-176

  Bridges, Frank ^a   Appel, Lora ^a   Grossklags, Jens ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

college students; experiment; impact of social networks; online interaction; Political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870214497     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IP-2012-0271     Document Type: Article

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