The Relationship Between Openness to Experience and Willingness to Engage in Online Political Participation Is Influenced by News Consumption

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 181-197

  Jordan, Gerald ^a,b   Pope, Megan ^a,b   Wallis, Patrick ^c   Iyer, Srividya ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

internal political efficacy; news consumption; online political participation; personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924855409     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439314534590     Document Type: Article

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