When Private Talk Becomes Public Political Expression: Examining a Practice-Field Hypothesis of Youth Political Development

Political Communication

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 602-619

  Östman, Johan ^a  

^a National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adolescents; interpersonal communication; political socialization; political talk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886435777     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2012.737437     Document Type: Article

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