Age and the effects of news media attention and social media use on political interest and participation: Do social media function as leveller?

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-34

  Holt, Kristoffer ^a   Shehata, Adam ^a   Strömbäck, Jesper ^a   Ljungberg, Elisabet ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Media use; political participation; social media; young citizens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873915135     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: 14603705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323112465369     Document Type: Article

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