Community work and limited online activism among India youth

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 284-299

  Ilavarasan, P Vigneswara ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; community work; ICTs; India; political disinterest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875352701     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048512472945     Document Type: Article

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