Stimulating citizenship or expanding entertainment? The effect of Facebook on adolescent participation

New Media and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 817-836

  Theocharis, Yannis ^a   Quintelier, Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; creative participation; Facebook; political participation; social media; social networking sites; young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963682402     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444814549006     Document Type: Article

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