Traditional Cleavages or a New World: Does Online Social Networking Bridge the Political Participation Divide?

International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-158

  Gainous, Jason ^a   Marlowe, Adam David ^a   Wagner, Kevin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Political participation; Social class; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877636666     PISSN: 08914486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10767-013-9130-2     Document Type: Article

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