Offline and Online Civic Engagement Among Adolescents and Young Adults from Three Ethnic Groups

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-135

  Jugert, Philipp ^a   Eckstein, Katharina ^b   Noack, Peter ^b   Kuhn, Alexandra ^b   Benbow, Alison ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Civic engagement; Migrants; Online behavior; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871455291     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9805-4     Document Type: Article

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