Unraveling the effects of active and passive forms of political Internet use: Does it affect citizens’ political involvement?

New Media & Society

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 903-920

  Kruikemeier, Sanne ^a   Van Noort, Guda ^a   Vliegenthart, Rens ^a   de Vreese, Claes H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active forms; election; Internet; panel survey; passive forms; political interest; political involvement; voter turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961289962     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444813495163     Document Type: Article

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