Online news, civic awareness, and engagement in civic and political life

New Media and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1840-1856

  Boulianne, Shelley ^a  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

civic participation; Online news; political engagement; social networking sites; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987811278     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444815616222     Document Type: Article

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