The Personality Divide: Do Personality Traits Differentially Predict Online Political Engagement?

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 259-277

  Russo, Silvia ^a   Amnå, Erik ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Internet; personality; political engagement; youths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966507718     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439315582487     Document Type: Article

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