Correlates of Political and Civic Engagement Among Youth During the 2012 Presidential Campaign

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 622-644

  Wicks, Robert H ^a   Wicks, Jan LeBlanc ^a   Morimoto, Shauna A ^a   Maxwell, Angie ^a   Schulte, Stephanie Ricker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

civic engagement; media use; political engagement; socialization; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899031815     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764213515226     Document Type: Article

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