Political consumerism: Civic engagement and the social media connection

New Media and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 488-506

  de Zúñiga, Homero Gil ^a   Copeland, Lauren ^b   Bimber, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boycott; buycott; civic engagement; digital media; Internet; political consumerism; political participation; social media; social networking sites; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898884965     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444813487960     Document Type: Article

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