Revisiting civic voluntarism predictors of college students' political participation in the context of social media

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 114-121

  Kim, Yeojin ^a   Khang, Hyoungkoo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic voluntarism model; College students; Political participation; Social networking service

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); EDUCATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

COLLEGE STUDENTS; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; MEDIATING ROLES; OFFLINE; POLITICAL ACTIVITY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATIONS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84898611598     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.03.044     Document Type: Article

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