Conceptualizing and measuring participation in the age of the internet: Is online political engagement really different to offline?

Journal of Politics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 701-716

  Gibson, Rachel ^a   Cantijoch, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84880433707     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381613000431     Document Type: Article

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