Do facebook and video games promote political participation among youth? Evidence from Singapore

eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-79

  Skoric, Marko M ^a   Kwan, Grace ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Facebook; Political participation; Singapore; Video games; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886681883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20759517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29379/jedem.v3i1.49     Document Type: Article

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