Facebook as change? Political engagement in semi-democratic Hong Kong in its transition to universal suffrage

Journal of Asian Public Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 291-305

  Yung, Betty ^a   Leung, Lisa Yuk ming ^b  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Facebook; Hong Kong; internet; political engagement; political participation; semi democratic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911985781     PISSN: 17516234     EISSN: 17516242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2014.922147     Document Type: Article

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