Online Political Engagement, Facebook, and Personality Traits

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 280-290

  Quintelier, Ellen ^a   Theocharis, Yannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Big Five; Facebook; online political engagement; personality; political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877318805     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439312462802     Document Type: Article

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